Every summer, I try to spend some time catching up on listening to musical works I've always been curious to hear but somehow never found the time. Last week, I pulled

On Thursday, October 29th, 2026, the Miller Theatre's Composer Portrait series will present the Concert Premiere of Macabéa, a new opera by Suzanne Farrin. Inspired by Clarice Lispector’s final novel,

~ Author: Oberon Patrice Chéreau’s production of Richard Strauss’s ELEKTRA originated at Aix-en-Provence in 2013, in the 1350-seat theatre there. It did not impress me when it came to

(Click on the above cast page and the individual images to enlarge.) During these endless Summer days of being at home, I’ve been re-reading my original opera diary, a hand-written

August 20th, 2026 - The Romanian soprano Ileana Cotrubas has passed away. Born in Bucharest, she studied at the conservatory there, and made her operatic debut in 1977 as Yniold in Debussy's