My Opera Story
My Opera Story
My Opera Story Tanya Hanano Tanya, an active member of Opera Wilmington’s board and part of the ensemble in our past five productions, was Wilmington Symphony’s winner of the 2018 Young Artist Concerto Competition in the Collegiate Category. Her...
Missing Hvorostovsky
Missing Hvorostovsky When Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky passed away in the early morning of November 22, 2017, his life cut tragically short at age 55 by brain cancer, the opera world lost one of its most distinctive voices and dramatic talents. Like many of...
Getting comfortable with opera
Getting comfortable with opera I have been an opera lover since my teens and I knew that set me apart somehow as the very word “opera” seems to turn many people defensive. It scares them. This is still true, as a recent survey showed that a significant number of...
Here's this week's Opera IQ question
On what work was La Bohème based?
- La Vie en Rose
- Rent
- Scènes de la vie de bohème