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Opera performance highlights Spanish music and Chicanx culture

Lecturer in Music Sheila Willey is bringing Spanish-language opera to the stage. The upcoming Opera and Zarzuela Scenes performance on March 13, 2025 at the Music Center Recital Hall on campus, will ...
The New York Times

Opera Doesn’t Have to Be an Elite Art Form. Here’s Why.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed. By Yuval ...
Inside Higher Ed

Opera and the quest for a great democratic art.

Playful and satirical, the Marx Brothers’ 1935 A Night at the Opera pokes fun at opera’s elitism while celebrating its spectacle, capturing the era’s ambivalence toward “high” art forms seen as both ...
The New York Times

What Orchestras and Singers Gain Through Operas in Concert

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The Cleveland Orchestra’s recent performances of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” join concerts that fill a gap in American opera. By Jeremy ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Opera director Yuval Sharon to deliver Berlin Family lectures beginning May 6

Yuval Sharon is widely recognized as one of the opera world’s most influential figures. Founder of the Los Angeles opera company The Industry, Sharon has pioneered site-specific, immersive and ...