I could not see the place where I came in This is a radical contrast with where the Commedia started — with him lost in a threatening wood, dashing about, scared to death. He is, in fact, in the ...

This week, I had lunch with a friend who said that he loved reading my Purgatorio blogging, but dropped off the Paradiso threads early, because it was too abstract. I felt oddly comforted by that. I ...

Susan Stamberg talks to soprano Renee Fleming and novelist Ann Patchett about the relationship between musical inspiration and the literary imagination. Fleming and Patchett will appear tonight at ...

The countdown for “Bel Canto” continues. With the operatic adaptation of Ann Patchett’s best-selling novel set for its world premiere at Lyric Opera of Chicago in less than five months, the work’s ...

Never let it be said that opera singers don`t enjoy their free nights when they can ignore the pressures of performance, forget those precious, pampered vocal cords and kick up their heels far from a ...