OperaDelaware celebrates the 225th anniversary of the birth of Gioachino Rossini with festival performances this Saturday and Sunday and next weekend. Legend has it that in 1822 a young and wildly ...
In the opera's final scene, Cinderella (mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich) is left to decide the fate of her abusive family. She forgives them, then sings the spectacular aria 'Non piu mesta' — 'No longer ...
Mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Paz was still a teenager in Tijuana when she performed her first opera solos on the stage of the city’s Cultural Center. This month, she was honored with the Palm Springs Opera ...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...