Smyth’s Der Wald in forthcoming recording!

Smyth’s Der Wald in forthcoming recording!

By   Dr. Amy Zigler, an Ethel Smyth scholar and Associate Professor of Music at Salem College. She will be speaking about the recording, the female characters, and issues of agency in Der Wald at the Operatic Feminisms symposium on March 25, 2023, at Columbia...
The Wreckers Storms Houston!

The Wreckers Storms Houston!

by Amy Zigler, PhD, Associate Professor of Music, Salem College 116 years after its premiere, Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers received its first-ever staging by a major American opera house. In keeping with its renewed focus on the ‘grand’ in Houston Grand Opera, the...
Monday Link Round Up: November 15, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: November 15, 2021

News and music to start your week! Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s birthday was honored with a Google Doodle! November 14 marked the 216th birthday of the composer, pictured above.  In case you missed it, you can see the animated doodle here. NPR interviewed Sheku...