NEW HAVEN >> It’s no mystery that Ted Huffman has become a successful director of opera, which he will do Feb. 13-15 when the Yale Opera program brings one of history’s most popular operas, “The ...
A costume sketch for the character Moore from “The Dragon of Wantley” by Seth Bodie, costume designer. Poking fun at the lofty conventions of opera is a practice that’s almost as old as opera itself.
The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to ...
What's new in opera? Everything you can imagine--and much that you couldn't conceive of, all in the space of a few days in New York. After seeing that PBS' Great Performances was airing the Jimmy ...