Spare us the blood and guts.Clive Barda/ROHThere’s a well-known quip from American comedian Ed Gardner: “Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings”. It seems now, that in the name of renewing opera, he has to sing and bleed. Or rather, she has to be raped while someone else is singing and...
Take a bow.Clive Barda/ROHA vitriolic debate has broken out concerning the latest production at London’s Royal Opera House. On its opening night, Damiano Michieletto’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s opera Guillaume Tell was booed by audience members, who were enraged at its graphic portrayal of sexual violence.
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The young aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville, sketch by an unknown artist.Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale UniversityEditor’s note: On the occasion of Independence Day, we felt it appropriate to reprint, from our Australian edition, the remarks of University of Sydney political thinker and writer John Keane on why Alexis de...
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (commonly known as Whistler's Mother), by James McNeill Whistler (1871).Wikimedia CommonsMany are familiar with James McNeill Whistler’s portrait of his mother – officially titled Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 – which is being exhibited this summer, starting July 4, at the Clark Art...
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