by Liane Curtis | Mar 7, 2022
Happy Women’s History Month and (tomorrow) International Women’s Day! We are thrilled to unveil our newly updated and expanded database “500 Operas by Women”!! Last week we scolded the Met Opera for their continued denial of women’s creativity as composers. So here...
by Liane Curtis | Feb 21, 2022
It’s a BIG week in Black History Month! We knew Julia Perry wrote a lot of music, of which only a small but astounding handful of works are ever heard. But a dramatic turn-around is happening – perhaps the result of BLM, and the re-assessment of everything prompted...
by Liane Curtis | Jan 31, 2022
The new documentary film about Marin Alsop, CONDUCTOR, directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, is earning well-deserved praise and attention. This includes an interview with Alsop on NPR, and a review in the New York Times. But (so far) our favorite response is...