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Holiday 2016 Gift Guide for Performers and Audiences

It's that time of year again, time to show our friends and loved ones how much we care, and perhaps buy a few presents as well. This gift guide is with the artist and theatre...

HER VOICE IN BLACK: Black Female Narrative in Lyric Theatre by Carla Chambers

Directed by Virginia Reh, and featuring accompanist Brahm Goldhamer, Her Voice in Black is an honours thesis performance by Carla Chambers that takes the listener on a musical journey celebrating the narratives of Opera’s fascinating...

Sacred and Profane – Lucca Photography Biennale

The Lucca Photography Biennale / Photo Lux Festival returns this year to examine the eternal dualism between the Sacred and the Profane. Dualities between elements like good and evil, beauty and misery will be explored through featured...

Tapestry Opera Gets Fucked Up

The latest in cross-genre musical collaborations is happening this weekend in Toronto. Get ready to head to the Distillery District and hear the Polaris Prize-winning punk band FUCKED UP perform with Canadian opera singers, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó and...

Opera on Location: in cars, on rooftops, and across Los Angeles

Opera on location is not a new theatre concept in the theatre, but it is one that is gaining significant traction amongst the recent bought of theatre closures and scandals. Hopscotch Opera is another experimental production,...

Iris van Herpen’s Innovative Haute Couture Arrives at the High Museum of Art

Iris van Herpen, the visionary Dutch fashion designer and cutting-edge artist will be presenting an exhibition of technological haute couture at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. Inspired by diverse influences in the arts, sciences, music and philosophy. Marking...

10 (Opera and Classical) Things to Do in Florence: November

The weather is still holding up here in Florence as autumn is in full swing, making it a great time to explore some new events and perhaps do a little travelling within the region. Things...

Theatre Closure: Opera Lyra Ottawa Ceases Operations

Another day, another not-for-profit arts organization shutting its doors because of accumulated debts, inflated operating costs, and dwindling audiences. Opera Lyra Ottawa brought culture to the Nation's Capital, and helped launch and support the careers...

Mirella Freni severs ties with CUBEC

Looks like something fishy is going on at one of Italy's most well-known opera schools, as their star instructor Mirella Freni has just announced she will no longer be teaching at the institution. They will likely change...

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13 (Opera and Classical) Things To Do in Florence: October

There are a ton of things to do in October in Florence, as it is a huge month for classical music. Most companies and...

Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)

Fashion's "Bad Boy" Alexander McQueen was found dead in his apartment yesterday, the apparent result of suicide.  McQueen was once chief designer at Givenchy,...

Music, Medicine and My Father

Book review of “The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend)” Authors David Tucker and Burton Spivak. Xlibris,...

Streaming Now: National Theatre presents “This House”

Since quarantine began, London's National Theatre has been streaming some of their top productions for free on YouTube. Every week there is...

A Sexy Don Giovanni and a New Direction for The Met

The Met Opera is going through a transitional phase at the moment, since Fabio Luisi was named principal conductor last month, and musical director...