Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Yuval Sharon’s debut production featured an astonishing performance by the soprano Lise Davidsen. It is the event of the season. By ...
On a park bench in Dupont Circle, two men get acquainted over small talk: The health properties of milk, the guests at Sen. Joe McCarthy’s wedding, the spelling of Roy Cohn’s name. It’s 1953, and the ...
Opera Baltimore’s inaugural Opera Ball hit a lot of high notes. First, there was the encouraged “high-glam” attire paired with a masquerade theme a la the carnival in the opera, “Lucrezia Borgia.” ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies (THE ...
Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...
Every few years, you'll hear a familiar refrain: "Opera is dying." National surveys point to slumping attendance at live performances. Audiences are aging, leaving fewer fans to fill seats at ...