Link Round-Up! March 1, 2022 — Happy Women’s History Month!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 1, 2022

Instead of our weekly news round-ups, we will be offering more frequent updates and commentary throughout this exciting  and important  month! Just in time for women’s History Month, the Met Opera made their annual statement that women cannot and do not compose...

Let’s State Firmly “White Supremacy Has No Place Here”

by Liane Curtis | Jan 30, 2021

Musician and Educator Miriam Capellan published the letter below on her blog, Dear Clara.  Given the ongoing importance of the issues it raises, we are reprinting it here.  We offer a few comments following the letter.  Ms. Capellan offers these comments to frame her...

A View from Germany: Classical Music is so Sexist

by Liane Curtis | Jul 30, 2018

Inge Kloepfer’s striking article “So sexistisch ist die Klassik  — Classical Music is So Sexist” appeared on June 13, 2018 in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.  We wanted English-speaking readers to be able to read this important journalism,...

Nannerl Mozart, No Longer Forgotten

by Liane Curtis | Jul 15, 2014

The Other MozartWritten by Sylvia MiloSylvia Milo as Nannerl MozartDirected by Isaac ByrneReview of performance July 8, 2014 at HERE Arts Center in New York CityThe Other Mozart tells an archetypical story—of musical brilliance, ambition, dedication and...

A Round-Up of Recent Headlines on the Fat-Shaming Incident

by sarah | Jun 10, 2014

The current role, and expectations, of women in music have been in the headlines as of late—all surrounding reception of a recent production Der Rosenkavalier and the size (not the talent) of the singer playing Octavian.  The critical reviews of acclaimed...