Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.
In 2021, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) launched a five-year initiative, “As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage”, spotlighting Black composers and featuring five operas ...
When the recent Metropolitan Opera’s production of Turandot began, a figure looking like a street rat scurried out from stage right dressed in rags. Soon the expansive stage filled with street ...
SEVEN NEWS. WE ARE ALSO SIMILARLY AT A CROSSROADS IN HISTORY RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK WE DESERVE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE AS AMERICANS HAVE THAT STAMINA, WE HAVE THAT MUSCLE, WE HAVE THAT ...