(Photo credit: Lawrence Sumulong) Summer for the City has announced hundreds of free events to take place at Lincoln Center over three months. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are featured. Opening the summer series is the Lincoln Center’s new commission from director James Blaszko in a new work that unites opera, drag, queerness, and gender expression {…}
On Nov. 13, 2019, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music staged the second performance of its production of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal.” This epic work was brought to life through a fascinating mixture of traditional and modern techniques, both styles supporting each other and lending a wealth of meaning to the unfolding story. Given the vocal demands of the primary roles, {…}
The Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater will present Wagner’s masterpiece “Parsifal” this fall as part of Indiana University’s bicentennial celebration. The Jacobs School regularly produced “Parsifal” from 1949 to 1976, and will now revive the tradition after a 43-year hiatus. Chris Alexander will direct the production, which will star Canadian tenor and Jacobs alumnus Chris Lysack in the title {…}