Florence Price was a truly important Black composer in her day. She composed the first piece by a Black woman to be performed by a major orchestra and was championed by many of the great Black artists of her day. Unfortunately, after her passing, many of her works disappeared only to be rediscovered again decades later. For this edition of {…}
Five years ago, tenor Michael Fabiano embarked on a business venture to create an app designed to help artists find work. According to Fabiano, he worked on the technology with several engineers for 40-50 hours a week throughout 2014-15, all while balancing a career as one of the world’s burgeoning opera stars. The app never came to fruition. “Because I {…}
“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features Lucio Castro’s “End {…}
(Credit: Sarah Schatz) For this week’s word search, we turn to famed LGBTQIA+ operas. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a mobile device, we highly recommend turning it horizontal to {…}
As we continue our Pride Month Celebration, we turn our focus to some of the essential operas representing LGBTQIA+ culture. So for this quiz, we give you a few clues and then ask you to choose the opera that corresponds. As always, enjoy!
(Credit: Studio Ghibli / Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) “Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a film section or a film in its entirety and highlight the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film {…}
Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears was one of England’s leading tenors in the early twentieth century due, in part, to his close relationship with Benjamin Britten. Pears premiered nearly all of Britten’s most notable works. Pears was born June 22, 1910, to a religious family in Farnham, Surrey. The youngest of seven children, he grew up performing in amateur productions {…}
In honor of Pride Month, this week’s word search is dedicated to major opera artists from the LGBTQIA+ community both past and present. Instructions: You are free to solve the word search directly on your mobile or desktop device; just click the first and last letter of each word for it to appear on the screen. For those using a {…}
William Grant Still was widely know as the “Dean of African American composers.” His work throughout the 1900s led to make major breakthroughs for the black community in the world of classical music. For this quiz, we ask you to take stock of Still’s career and his major accomplishments. As always, have fun!
