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Palais Garnier in Paris: 5 things you most likely won’t see
The Parisian opera hour is a must-see, but some things cannot be visited Inaugurated on 5 January 1875, the Palais Garnier is ...
Review: The Joffrey Ballet takes us to Pea Town in a feel-good, wacky fantasy with a cautionary tale
The adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Princess and the Pea” is one of four works in the lovely current “Golden Hour.” ...
The Paris Review22h
How Do You Write an Opera Based on Moby-Dick?
I wrote a forty-to-fifty-page treatment, which no one ever saw, of how the opera would unfold. And then I got that down to fifteen pages, which the composer saw, and then ten pages, which the ...
The New Yorker1d
“Moby-Dick” Sets Sail at the Met Opera
Also: the psychodramas of Father John Misty, a humble “Henry IV,” the return of the Flamenco Festival, and more.
Telegram1d
In 'Dreaming in Ensemble,' WPI professor explores how Black artists helped transform opera
WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." ...
The Story Behind the Mysterious Face That Adorns Most of Fornasetti’s Décor
In her heyday, Lina Cavalieri was heralded as the most beautiful woman in the world — a superstar of the Belle Epoque whose legacy is kept alive by a Milan-based, family-run design firm that fell in ...