There were far too many highlights of the Met’s recently truncated season – performed and planned – to write about here. And all my readers know that I’m a committed opera fan, so I was sorry not to be able to share my thoughts about one of the most important productions I’ve ever experienced at …
Exploring the Genius of Vienna’s Otto Wagner
Can it be possible to prove the genius of an architect with just two adjacent apartment buildings? I think so. But that’s certainly not to say that Otto Wagner (1841-1918) did not create plenty of other examples of his genius, especially since – after an early period defined by historicism – his work moved him …
Chelsea Football Club Fights Anti-Semitism
As International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed today – January 27 – two important efforts by the Chelsea Football Club are making news. Last Thursday, as part of the club’s “Say No to Anti-Semitism” campaign, Chelsea FC unveiled a massive mural by British-Israeli artist Solomon Souza, to hang on the club’s stadium wall throughout the …
Opera: The Met’s Porgy and Bess Revisited
In October, when I wrote about the Met’s new production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, I was pretty sure I would be writing about it again. There was more I wanted to say about this important New York event, and now that it is into its second set of performances this season, this seems …
Remembering Jessye Norman
It seems appropriate, at this special time of year, to remember Jessye Norman. The great opera singer died on September 30. The news – including many fine obituaries – has been almost overwhelming in conveying the admiration so many felt for this lady and her special talent. Yet some of us found ourselves delaying our …
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