Is this salacious opera a critique of Jewishness — or a celebration of its complexity?
The Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Salome' puts a Freudian spin on the famous opera
The Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Salome' puts a Freudian spin on the famous opera
Linguist Yudel Mark aimed to include every single word of the Yiddish language
'Before It All Goes Dark' started life as an article in the Chicago Tribune
Though no recordings were made of the 'Yinglish Mikado,' traces of it remain
‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ adapts a German parable of life, death and despotism
'Émigré,' a new production by the New York Philharmonic, recalls the city's embrace of over 20,000 people fleeing the Holocaust
How a composer, librettist and historian filled in the blanks on the missing masterpiece 'Bas Sheve'
“The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” had what its creators call a “difficult birth.” Over a decade in the making, the opera, adapted from Giorgio Bassani’s book of the same name, which Vittorio De Sica made into an Oscar-winning 1970 film, was meant to be a part of the Minnesota Opera’s 2011 and then 2013 season….
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