The acclaimed play about Maria Callas, “Master Class” by Terrence McNally, returns to Cape Town Opera after Pieter Toerien’s recent sold-out seasons. The play will take place at the Toyota US Woordfees in Stellenbosch and is scheduled from October 7-10, 2023, at the Adam Small Auditorium. Directed by Magdalene Minnaar and with musical direction by José Dias, the production stars {…}
Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning play, “Master Class: An Audience With Maria Callas” will make its Irish premiere. The play depicts Callas’ real-life events, bringing the audience into the diva’s performances and private and intimate memories. The story is told through a series of masterclasses she gave at Juilliard. Caitríona Ní Mhurchú takes on the main role of the one and {…}
Credit: Chris Singer Princeton University Concerts and University Music Society (University of Michigan) will present a Memorial Day Weekend episode of star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s “Sing for Today.” In this latest installment, set to release Friday, May 28, DiDonato frames the United States holiday honoring fallen soldiers within the more universal context of the pandemic and the loss left {…}
Playwright and librettist Terrence McNally has died of the Coronavirus at the age of 81. McNally was born November 3, 1938 in St. Petersburg, Florida and went on to study at Columbia University as a journalism major. After graduation, he moved to Mexico to focus on his writing. He would then go on to become stage manager of the Actors {…}