Is ‘Tristan’ the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met

Opera director Yuval Sharon has said that Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” is the hardest work in the traditional repertoire to ...

Margaret Roarty: IN FRAME: Not gone, but different -- exploring the history of the Forty ...

I live in Forty Fort, just a few blocks over from West Pettebone Street, where my father grew up. The house my grandparents ...
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One hundred years of entertainment — and community

Mount Vernon’s historic Lincoln Theatre will hit its 100th anniversary of bringing stories to life on stage and screen on April 21. To celebrate, the theater has launched its Centennial Campaign to ...
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IN FRAME: Not gone, but different — exploring the history of the Forty Fort Theatre Building

The exterior of the Forty Fort Theatre, circa 1987. The marquee advertises the Bette Midler comedy, ‘Outrageous Fortune.’ Times Leader . The exterior of the Forty Fo ...

Tristan und Isolde is a tough opera to stage. Director Yuval Sharon did it anyway

Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is one of opera's hardest to put on, but Yuval Sharon - who makes his Met debut - loves a challenge In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon ...
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The country's best-known American history writers talk about their books. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American History TV to ...