How President Donald Trump’s Federal Budget Cuts to NEA Would Hurt Opera Companies
On March 16, 2017, President Donald Trump formally released his outline for the 2018 Federal Budget, officially making clear his intent to defund numerous agencies…
Behind the Scenes
Q & A: Baritone Lester Lynch on Arranging & Recording Spirituals For His New Album “On My Journey Now”
American history will forever be marked by its atrocities committed during the era of slavery. That wound remains at the forefront of our world today,…
The Luckiest Man Alive – 100-Year-Old Anton Coppola Looks Back On His Career & Writing a New Ending for ‘Turandot’
Anton Coppola is the luckiest guy in the world. At least that is how he views the life he has led and continues to lead….
Q & A: Director Tomer Zvulun on ‘Dinner At Eight’s’ Comedic Drama & Contemporary Importance
Back in 1933, with the Great Depression in full swing, famed Hollywood director George Cukor released a small film called “Dinner at Eight.” Starring Lionel…
A Zane Grey Opera – Exploring the Creation & Production of Arizona Opera’s World Premiere of ‘Riders of the Purple Sage’
Rain was pouring down for miles while composer Craig Bohmler was on a drive through the mountain region outside Phoenix. Everywhere he looked, visibility was…
‘Upon This Handful of Earth’ – How A Norwegian Composer-Writer Duo Transformed Complex Christian Philosophy Into An Opera With An Environmental Conscience
“You can write an opera about anything. Someone told me to write an opera about a telephone catalogue and I said sure. There are so…
Artistic Bromance – How Stewart Copeland & Jonathan Moore Adapted ‘The Invention of Morel’ Into An Opera
Opera history has shown that some librettist-composer teams are matches made in heaven. Such was the case with Da Ponte and Mozart or Verdi and…
Q & A: Ramon Tebar On Creating An Academy With Renata Scotto & Balancing Four Different Companies
Ramon Tebar is an up-and-coming conductor who has worked with some of the most acclaimed artists in the classical music world including Roberto Alagna, Joshua…
The Art Of Operatic Photography – How Dario Acosta Captures Opera’s Greatest Stars on Camera
How do you create an image that captures the essence of a person? That is the constant question that photographer Dario Acosta always questions when…
Dream Job – Robert Neu on Taking Over Artistic Directing Job at Skylark Opera Theatre, Carmen & Don Giovanni
Robert Neu was not expecting to be named the new artistic director of the Skylark Opera Theatre. But sure it was hard to not see…