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WHAT’S GOING ON IN OPERA?

February 23, 2017 by Speight Jenkins 3 Comments

The news that Darren Keith Woods was summarily fired after a sixteen-year extraordinarily successful career as General Director of Fort Worth Opera added to some odd news from Vienna a short time ago seems inexplicable. Woods became General Director of a regional company in Texas at the turn of the present century that had made little impact on the national opera scene, overshadowed as it was … [Read more...]

Speight Jenkins

After 31 years I have retired as General Director of Seattle Opera. Over that time we produced 92 operas in more than 1,200 performances... … [Read More...]

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I believe in the power of opera if produced theatrically and sung with emotion. Great artists are those who understand that the words inspired the composer to write the music, and they interpret the words meaningfully with good diction. Everything about opera is emotion, and just to sing accurately … [Read More...]

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