|
 |
CURRENT ISSUE
ITALIAN MASTER: RICCARDO MUTI CONDUCTS THE MET PREMIERE OF ATTILA
Empire Builder: Bass
Ildar Abdrazakov
Succumbing to Verdi's
Attila
The Lady Speaks: Kiri
Te Kanawa in La Fille
du Régiment
Listening to Samuel Barber and William Grant Still
Reunion: Erie Mills
Sound Bites: Jamie Barton
Farewell to Elisabeth Söderström
 |
Company Box: Alexander Neef
Online Exclusive
In the midst of his second season as general director of Canadian Opera Company, German-born Alexander Neef speaks with TRISTAN KRAFT about the highlights and pitfalls of overseeing Canada's largest opera company.
|
|
From the Archives: On Waiting For a Libretto
Online Exclusive
In the January 27, 1958 issue of OPERA NEWS, SAMUEL BARBER chronicled the process by which he came to select an author for — and then uneasily await the completion of — the libretto for Vanessa, the composer's first opera.
|
|
Grandissimo Maestro
On the eve of his long-awaited Met debut, Riccardo Muti sits down with F. PAUL DRISCOLL to discourse on a range of topics, from his La Scala legacy to his passion for Verdi to the perfectionism that has driven his extraordinary career.
|
|
Conquering Attila
PATRICK DILLON traces the development of Verdi's early opera, from the powerful historical figure at its center, through the literary variations that inspired it, to the performance history that has led up to its first-ever Met production this month.
|
|
In and Out of the Mainstream
BARRY SINGER looks at the careers of Samuel Barber and William Grant Still, two composers whose work reflected the ever-changing path of twentieth-century American music.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
