As I’m watching the Met’s 1985 production of Aida,, I start to ask myself the question I never want to ask: Is that blackface?
Author Archives: Mary Huntimer
Porgy and Bess, the movie (1959)
Watch the movie the Gershwin’s don’t want you to see.
Porgy and Bess: Streaming 2/1-2/2 at Met on Demand
Tonight, Met on Demand is streaming their 2020 performance of Porgy and Bess. This is the second time Metropolitan Opera staged the work, first in 1985 then this 2019-2020 production. Eric Owens and Angel Blue lead this production as Porgy and Bess. You can watch it here, starting at 7:30 on February 1st, 2021. ItContinue reading “Porgy and Bess: Streaming 2/1-2/2 at Met on Demand”
The opera written in a concentration camp, Der Kaiser von Atlantis
What happens when death takes a vacation? Learn more about the opera written in a concentration camp, Der Kaiser von Atlantis.
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (The Rise and Fall of the City Mahagonny) is the perfect opera to end 2020
How much is a life worth? If you’re broke, nothing.
the Operatic Saxophone 