Strict controls on playhouses and music venues are returning as the continent deals with a new coronavirus wave.
Tag: Opera
After 15 Years in Opera, Martha Prewitt Runs a Farm in Kentucky
Martha Prewitt performed as an opera singer for 15 years. But passions wane. She now runs the family farm in Kentucky, singing arias to cattle and corn. Sometimes bugs fly into her mouth.
A Festival Has a Monumental Premiere (and Some Other Operas, Too)
At the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, it was hard for even beloved classics to live up to the elegant intensity of Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence.”
China’s Communist Party Turns 100. Cue the (State-Approved) Music.
A wave of nationalistic music, theater and dance is sweeping China, part of Beijing’s efforts to improve the party’s image and strengthen political loyalty.
Opera Singers Help Covid-19 Patients Learn to Breathe Again
A six-week program developed by the English National Opera and a London hospital offers customized vocal lessons to aid coronavirus recovery.
Paris Opera to Act on Racist Stereotypes in Ballet
A report said the company, which has lagged behind on issues of race, needs to do more to promote diversity.
Two Friends, Two Continents, Very Different Pandemics
Steven LaBrie is a freelance baritone in New York. Jarrett Ott has a full-time job singing in Germany. As the coronavirus spread, that made all the difference.
For the Arts in Europe, Lockdown Feels Different This Time
Many of the continent’s museums, theaters, concert halls and bookshops have been forced to close again, and now, people’s reactions have changed.
A Singing Xi Jinping Look-Alike Battles the Censors in China
The baritone Liu Keqing has spent his career delighting fans in opera houses and on social media, but lately his likeness has attracted the Chinese authorities’ attention.
Prominent Russian Director Is Convicted of Embezzlement
But in a surprise, Kirill Serebrennikov was given only a suspended sentence in a case that was seen as a warning to Moscow’s vibrant theater world.