Opera
PBS to Air Program on the Benedictines of Mary Album ‘Lent at Ephesus' (De Montfort Music/Decca), No. 1 on Billboard Classical Chart
Ukrainian Unrest...or What the Late Nationalist Composer Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko Would Do to President Putin
Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko, the late Ukrainian composer, pianist and scholar, was lauded for his nationalism. He refused to write his operas in Russian, which were eventually banned by the czars in 1876. Woody Allen Directing Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi' at Madrid's Teatro Real in 2015, Plácido Domingo Stars in L.A. Revival
As he's been leaving America to film in Europe lately, Woody Allen will be moving one of his stage productions from the U.S. to Spain this season. As a part of Teatro Real, Madrid's 2014-15 season, Allen will direct another rendition of Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, featuring Plácido Domingo in the title role.
