“A stage director’s opera,” by Jay Nordlinger.
Jay Nordlinger on “Julius Caesar,” by Handel, at the Salzburg Festival.| newcriterion.com
Jay Nordlinger on “Julius Caesar,” by Handel, at the Salzburg Festival.| newcriterion.com
Bohemian Rhapsody, By Queen, has one of the most memorable song openings. When you break down the lyrics it becomes clear that it was a song describing Freddie Mercury's struggle of coming out and how that would affect his deeply religious, but loving parents.| Poetry For Healing
Discover Puccini’s final days in the Belgian capital, his battle with cancer, and the city’s role in opera history. The post Did you know that Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels? appeared first on Discovering Belgium.| Discovering Belgium
Every year, in late spring, more than 30 young opera singers converge on Vienna — the one in Virginia — to train at the national park for the performing arts| The Georgetowner
Oslo, Norway, July 30, 2025 – For 30 years, web browsers have been passive windows to the internet, leaving users to perform the actual work of navigating, copying, and pasting between countless tabs and apps. Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA], the web pioneer, is tackling this fundamental inefficiency with a new vision for browsing: the proactive, agentic […]| Opera Newsroom
My affection for Katherine Addison’s marvellous series of fantasy novels set in an extraordinary world of goblins and elves with extremely formal dress codes has been documented here for The Goblin…| Kate Macdonald
MiniPay brings stablecoins into everyday use across the Global South and beyond while U.S. lawmakers debate regulation. Oslo, Norway – 17 July, 2025 – Opera Limited (NASDAQ: OPRA), one of the world’s major browser developers and a leading internet consumer brand, today announced that MiniPay has officially surpassed 8 million activated phone-verified wallets and processed […]| Opera Newsroom
Cannes, France – July 2nd, 2025 – At EthCC Cannes, where the future of crypto meets real-world innovation, MiniPay and Noah are announcing a partnership that brings stablecoins into everyday financial life for users around the world – debuting the fully non-custodial stablecoin payment experience that connects global banking rails with local payment methods. Stablecoins […]| Opera Newsroom
Musicologists assemble! This is a great group biography, of four British women composers of the twentieth century. One is still well-known: I say ‘still’ because she is now, but Dame Et…| Kate Macdonald
Kann Vivaldi wirklich mit Chrome mithalten – oder ihn sogar übertreffen? Und für wen lohnt sich der Wechsel? Zeit für einen genaueren Blick.| Jörg Schieb | Digital und KI
Greek National Opera’s educational program Co-OPERAtive, the first intercultural youth opera hub in Europe, will complete its fifth year by presenting a new music theatre performance titled (Another) Winter Journey. The performance will feature a mixed group of Athenian teenagers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors who were involved in the educational program, alongside the GNO Intercultural […]| Greek News Agenda
Opera’s extreme, thrilling, overwhelming, dangerous, not just pretty arias. So I made a PLAYLIST.| The Opera Scribe
Can some organization create a new browser from scratch? Is it realistic and what will it take?| WaspDev
Opera Mini launches the Data Dance campaign in South Africa, blending local dance culture with digital access—offering up to five years of free airtime to users who join the challenge on TikTok.| Opera Newsroom
The Oxford Opera Society gave us an entertaining performance of Carmen, but their faithful approach raised questions about responsibilities.| Cherwell
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for an unforgettable journey to Italy from October 10-14, 2024, for Teatro Regio di Parma’s annual Festival Verdi. There, we’ll celebrate our passion for Maestro Verdi, the incredible food and wine of the Emilia-Romagna region, and our shared camaraderie. International Friends of Festival Verdi’s mission is to promote […]| CIU Travel
Theatre of blood.| The Opera Scribe
Soldaten wohnen auf den Kanonen.| The Opera Scribe
How machine learning tools help fundamental science| arogozhnikov.github.io
How to hear opera for free in Tel Aviv circa 1924.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Two performances of the World Premiere of Sung with Words, a jazz song cycle by Helen Sung to the poems of Dana Gioia. NEW YORK Thursday, December 17 Jazz Gallery – 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm 1160 Broadway, 5th Floor (near 27th Street) Tickets: www.jazzgallery.org (tickets go on sale November 16) 212-242-1063 BOSTON Friday, December 18 Scullers […]| Dana Gioia
On Thursday, Chautauqua Institution announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves-Montgomery as artistic adviser and distinguished baritone Jonathan Beyer as director of the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory. Together, they will help shape the program’s future during a pivotal time of transition and growth, building upon the 44-year legacy created by the late Marlena Malas.| The Chautauquan Daily
Democrat backers of Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential bid are adapting Representative Jamie Raskin's (D-MD) memoir into an oratorio—a type of classical| The National Pulse
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Aligned with its mission to make opera more accessible, Teatro Grattacielo announced last month the launch of its channel, TG Vivo. TG Vivo ...| www.thinkingtheaternyc.com
Orchestral versions of the best music from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera of the same name, all taking place on -- you guessed it -- Christmas Eve!| Classical.org
NWSA Symphony Orchestra Concert Highlights Guest Artist, Leah Hawkins| MDC News
Willful desecration is also a denial of love – an attempt to remake the world as though love were no longer a part of it. And that, surely, is the most important characteristic of the postmodern culture: it is a loveless culture, determined to portray the human world as unlovable. The modern stage director who ransacks the works of Mozart is trying to tear the love from the heart of them, so as to confirm his own vision of the world as a place where only pleasure and pain are real.| The Foundation for the Future of Classical Music
It’s been over a year since I last challenged you with a musical prompt and, since Mozart’s birthday was this past weekend, I’d like you to listen to this 82 second clip of a famo…| Living Poetry
I forget how I heard about it, but somehow, I found out about an opera concert in Nairobi.| Heavy Table
Meet Alexandra and Heather who are playing the sisters in our revival of Così fan tutte opening in February. What's it like having an on-stage sibling and what do they make of Mozart's wry look at romance?| Opera North
Quick guide to turn off or disable the built-in ad blocker extension in Opera GX gaming browser on your computer, iPhone, or Android device.| WebTrickz
