There are no easy answers in Paul Weitz's operatic drama, which stars Moore opposite Ken Watanabe in a delicately rendered emotional thriller. The musical term bel canto refers to a lighter, smoother ...

“You were wonderful,” said Maria Callas, “but you owe something to me,you know. After all, I persuaded you to sing roles like Lucia.” She was speaking to a big, square-jawed Australian woman named ...

Marni Nixon was the voice of Natalie Wood’s Maria in the film version of “West Side Story,” just as she sang Audrey Hepburn’s parts in “My Fair Lady” and those of Deborah Kerr in “The King and I.” ...

Bel canto, or “beautiful singing,” can be applied to most operas, but it has come to describe the hundreds of Italian works composed during the first half of the 19th century. Most have languished ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Teatro Nuovo’s concerts of Donizetti’s “Poliuto” and the Ricci brothers’ “Crispino e la Comare” delight with historically informed ...