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The scheduled soprano, Jessica Pratt, bowed out due to illness. Her substitute, Angela Meade, famously rescued the Met in the same opera last year.

There’s a new vitality in the classical music scene—and it would simply not exist without the creativity and support of queer people.

At first, he could only distribute his periodical in the gents’ loos of the Met. Twelve years later, he was being given free press seats

James Jorden, a feisty, influential writer and editor who brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in his opera zine-turned-web

MADISON - Opera at Florham will continue its star-packed season with “Mayhem in Opera” featuring soprano Brenna Markey, baritone Patrick Wilhelm and Artistic Director Mary Pinto at 2 p.m. Sunday,

With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism and gossip.

New York's queer opera website has posted the death of its founder, James Jorden. He was 68 (or 69). Jorden established a parallel opera environment in which the art was discussed primarily from an LGBT perspective, often in vivid relief to the solid judgements of Opera News, whose demise just preceded his. The community that

James Jorden, a feisty, influential writer and editor who brought together high culture, punk aesthetics, and gleeful camp in his opera zine-turned-website Parterre Box, was found dead Monday at his home in Queens. He was 69.

Maestro Héctor Guzmán and the Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO) will bring together the largest ensemble of musicians in PSO history for a rousing performance of one of the very best symphonies of all time – Mahler's Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.”

The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY) will present American One Acts, a double bill, conducted by Gregory Hopkins and directed by Philip Shneidman, from May 31 - June 4, 2023 at Baruch Performing Arts Center.