From the opening notes of soprano Nadine Sierra’s stunning debut album, “There’s a Place for Us” (on Deutsche Grammophon), it is clear that she is a major singer. Having evoked an enthusiastic response from audiences and critics at The Metropolitan Opera, she went on to win the prestigious Richard Tucker award in 2017, and at […]

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) may have lived in obscurity, but her poems have inspired a number of classical composers. “A Certain Slant of Light” (on Pentatone) is soprano Lisa Delan’s recording of Emily Dickinson’s poems as set by four composers, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille conducted by Lawrence Foster. Aaron Copland (1900–1990) originally wrote a […]

TORONTO—The Canadian Opera Company’s new production of “Arabella” marks the third time soprano Erin Wall performs the title role in Richard Strauss’s early 20th century opera. Her first time was in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2012, followed by a run at New York’s The MET in 2014. However, this performance run at the COC […]

CHICAGO—Some experiences are so moving, emotional, or profound that trying to chase them with words is the best that one can do. At other times, these experiences leave one with a good deal to say. Tracee Omilinsky may have felt her experience was indescribable, yet she managed to express the beauty and power she felt when […]

What makes a work so popular that it endures at the top of the opera charts for over 160 years?

NEW YORK—The ensemble finished the last note of the Scherzo Allegro movement of Brahm’s Piano Quintet in F minor with resounding energy at the very moment when the violist’s string snapped from the verve. The Gustav Mahler String Quartet’s ability to play with such power was what made the June 1 performance at Carnegie Hall […]

Former actress Patricia Debrovner enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts with her husband, Dr. Charles H. Debrovner, and their granddaughter Jane at Lincoln Center in New York.