The opera by Antonin Dvorak about a water nymph’s journey into the human world, first performed in 1901, is making its debut at La Scala in June. By David Belcher Poor Rusalka. The title character of ...
Sometimes we pursue our dreams, and they come to fruition. Sometimes they don’t. “Rusalka,” presented by Portland Opera at the Keller Auditorium this month, gives us the latter viewpoint. It’s a ...
There aren’t many major operas that the 84-year-old Pittsburgh Opera has not performed, especially ones that have been around since 1901. But on Sept. 17, the Pittsburgh Opera will stage the company’s ...
Rusalka may not be a household name where opera titles are concerned, but the main source for its plot, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, certainly is. Antonín Dvorák’s luxuriant setting ...
Over three nights, the Czech Philharmonic presented Dvorak’s concertos and more, including a rare performance of Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass.” By Joshua Barone Harry T. Burleigh, who transformed Black ...