And music, for me, was one of the key elements. I read Oscar Wilde’s play “Salome,” and then I went to see Richard Strauss’ opera “Salome” on the stage as I was working on this novel.

From the UK's Royal Opera, you'll hear an exquisite production of Alban Berg’s inimitable Wozzeck starring Christian Gerhaher in the title role with Anja Kampe as Marie. Jul 22, 2023 Tune in to hear ...

The 2024-25 season of the Wando METinee is under way and off to an amazing start. This is our third year showing recordings ...

including Salome, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Bartered Bride, Pagliacci, La traviata, and Così fan tutte. In 1994, Stratas made Met Opera history by performing both lead soprano roles in an ...

San Diego has a long history of hiring up-and-coming singers before their careers explode, including the young Placido Domingo, Rénee Fleming and Patricia Racette in past decades. Now comes soprano ...

The opera singer, who studied at the Guildhall ... in productions of classic operas including La bohème, Rigoletto and Salome. The singer's most famous role, however, is playing Gio Compario ...

The performance begins at 1 p.m. The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high ... Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on April 26, Strauss’s Salome on May 17, and Rossini’s ...

Evans’ other esteemed operatic roles in productions by the Welsh National Opera include Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Cassio ...

Stars including Patti LuPone, Glenn Close and Betty Buckley have wound their way down those stairs, dressed in bejeweled finery that evoked Salome, the doomed princess Norma dreamed of playing in ...

Hibla Gerzmava suggests pursuing your dream, Ivan Gyngazov tells that you should fall in love with opera, Dmitry Ulyanov ...