Opera Meets Film: ‘Wall Street’ As a Modern Retelling of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’

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“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 Oliver Stone’s “Wall {…}

Interviews, Stage Reviews

Q & A: Alek Shrader and Daniela Mack on Living Opera Careers Together

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Tenor Alek Shrader and mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack have enormous operatic careers and have sung all over the world both individually and together. The couple has joined forces in such operas as “La Cenerentola” and Handel’s “Partenope” and this summer they will be reunited in Handel’s “Alcina” at Santa Fe Opera. I had the chance to speak with them on my {…}

Special Features

10 Must See Operas For The Summer Season [U.S Edition]

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Now that that most of the major opera companies in the U.S are about to finish their 2016-17 season, most opera lovers will be left searching for what to see. While most festivals take place in Europe, many companies and festivals will be active introducing new works, bringing old classics and discovering new talent. The following is a list of {…}

On This Day, Special Features

How Rigoletto’s ‘La Donna e Mobile’ Has Dominated Pop Culture

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It is arguably the most misogynistic piece in all of opera, its text essentially calls women “fickle” and “small-minded.” And yet everyone revels in its sumptuous melody that has become opera’s most iconic number. When Verdi first composed “La Donna e mobile” for his “Rigoletto,” which premiered on March 11, 1851, he hid it for tenor Raffaele Mirate because he {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

New York City Opera 2016-17 Review – Candide: The Best of All Possible Sopranos Leads a Bountiful Comedic Garden

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The best of all possible outcomes for any opera is a strong cast and a great production for a great work. In this context, the New York City Opera can certainly check off the box next to “success” with regards to its new “Candide.” Directed by Harold Prince, the revival of Leonard Bernstein’s comic operetta, which is based on Voltaire’s {…}

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Opera Meets Film: ‘Wall Street’ As a Modern Retelling of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’

Q & A: Alek Shrader and Daniela Mack on Living Opera Careers Together

10 Must See Operas For The Summer Season [U.S Edition]

How Rigoletto’s ‘La Donna e Mobile’ Has Dominated Pop Culture

New York City Opera 2016-17 Review – Candide: The Best of All Possible Sopranos Leads a Bountiful Comedic Garden