Elza van den Heever and the MET Orchestra: A stunning all-Strauss program

Another Opera Apologist (Part 3)

Another Opera Apologist (Part 3)

Op-ed

Terence Corcoran, in his grossly closed-minded article inspired by the COC’s 2013 production of La clemenza di Tito, found himself so distraught by the sight of two women kissing (that head-turning product of opera's "pants role" tradition) that he suggested we throw out all of opera with the bathwater.

Jenna Simeonov Jenna Simeonov - Dec 18, 2013
Another Opera Apologist (Part 2)

Another Opera Apologist (Part 2)

Op-ed

Because one can’t defend opera without defending all of its porous plots: right off the bat, let's start in defence of the stupid public. In what I imagine are the thoughts of the average first-time operagoer.

Jenna Simeonov Jenna Simeonov - Dec 18, 2013
Another Opera Apologist (Part 1)

Another Opera Apologist (Part 1)

Op-ed

It's simple enough: there's something just neat about it. People are up on stage doing weirdly supernatural things with their voices. Voices of all sizes and shapes, too; beautiful, floating sopranos and, big, hollering baritones.

Jenna Simeonov Jenna Simeonov - Dec 18, 2013

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