Culture
American Grace
November 21, 2018Remember those who grew this food, Who mined and forged, Who sang and loved, Who fought and died, Who made all wealth
Read moreThe opera ‘Hansel and Gretel’ bewitches the coven of the oven
November 21, 2018Hansel and Gretel may be the most enchanting, optically opulent opera ever seen at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with its stellar stagecraft, stagemanship and eye-popping, jaw-dropping scenery.
Read more‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ popular Christmas movie, great new American opera
November 20, 2018It’s a critical hit, written in a popular late Romantic and thoroughly American idiom, studded with little musical quotes from familiar holiday noels, high school graduation anthems, and the wild Mekee-Mekee that recalls the dance crazes...
Read more‘Invisible Hands’ documentary exposes global child labor and trafficking
November 19, 2018It will take a mass worldwide movement of revolutionary proportions to address and end the scourge of child labor and slavery.
Read more‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ and ‘Mario the Magician’ staged in authentic Hungarian productions
November 16, 2018The Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet recently paid a first visit to the United States for its American debut performances of several signature works.
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