Paul Creston: Maintaining a Middle Course

wswebmaster on November 29, 2018

An autodidact by necessity as well as by temperament, Giuseppe Gut­toveggio was born seventy years ago to immigrant parents in New York City and was forced to take a full-time job before finishing high school. Although he had taken piano …

Barber’s Vanessa at the Washington Opera

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

Barber’s Vanessaat the Washington Opera  This past October and November, the Washington Opera presented eight performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in the title role, her only U.S. appearances in 2002. The production, staged by Stephen Lawless, was …