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Over the last year, American artist Blane De St. Croix was in residence in the UAE to prepare a series of new works commissioned by the Art Gallery at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).

Fresh from a run in Europe, diva Raehann Bryce-Davis has joined the cast of 10 Days in a Madhouse in Opera Philadelphia. The mezzo-soprano sings the role of the inmate Lizzie a run of five perfor...

PHILADELPHIA — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing…

PHILADELPHIA — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing…

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Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kiera Duffy is disturbed by “10 Days in a Madhouse” as much as an 1887 public was outraged by the squalid surroundings exposed by trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly. “The idea of the hysterical woman trope really does persist today,” the soprano said ahead of Thursday night’s premiere of Rene Orth’s musical adaptation […]

Her latest work, 10 Days in a Madhouse, was inspired by the essays written by journalist Nellie Bly, who exposed the mistreatment of incarcerated women

Opera Philadelphia has rescheduled three new works composed by women that were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic