‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due
With a new production of Anthony Davis’s pathbreaking Malcolm X opera opening in Detroit, we are on the cusp of...
Imagine Rotary
Earlier this year, I had the great honor and pleasure to attend President-Elect Training for my upcoming year as the...
Before Our Eyes
I normally post positive, uplifting or inspiring things, but I can’t hide my anguish and heart-ache about the unjust and...
Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why
When Michael Schneider’s anxiety and PTSD flare up, he reaches for the ukulele he keeps next to his computer. “I...
Why Opera, Why Now?
If you want to know what opera is all about and why we do what we do, watch this fantastic...
For Rohingya Survivors, Art Bears Witness
Before he fled Myanmar in 2017, a witness to unspeakable horrors in his Rohingya village, Mohammed Nur would produce art...
Opera Singers Help Covid-19 Patients Learn to Breathe Again
Called E.N.O. Breathe and developed by the English National Opera in collaboration with a London hospital, the six-week program offers...
No matter who wins, artists must help repair a broken nation
There’s a small yet potent scene tucked away in the sprawl of “The Inheritance,” Matthew López’s epic gay drama that...
Opera Can No Longer Ignore Its Race Problem
In late May, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, the mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges was invited by Los Angeles Opera...
Covid-era opera is getting more intimate, accessible and experimental
I was on a Zoom call this past weekend that took a weird turn. There were 15 of us in...