Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing operas

Composer Jake Heggie on 25 years of writing o...

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Joyce DiDonato and Time for Three on Emily: No Prisoner Be

Kevin Puts' newest song cycle sets Emily Dickinson's poetry for mezzo and three instrumentalists. Hattie Butterworth speaks to Joyce DiDonato and ensemble Time for Three about this unique collaboration and recording, 'Emily: No Prisoner Be' 

Soprano Adriana González on her album 'Rondos for Adriana'

The soprano Adriana González has just released a new Audax album, 'Rondos for Adriana', inspired by her namesake, the Italian 18th-century diva Adriana Ferrarese del Bene. Ferrarese was Mozart's first Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and she sang Susanna in the Viennese revival of Le ...  Show more

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