Mixed Meters

It's been two years since I devoted Mixed Meters to the subject of Ring Festival Los Angeles .  Hardly anyone seemed to notice but I lea...

Recently I was surprised to hear operatic singing from a television commercial.  There was even a bass voice. You never hear basses sing on...

I stumbled across an events list for the San Francisco Opera's Ring Festival and I was reminded that just one year ago Los Angeles was ...

Bernie Madoff's Golden Parachute is a piece of my music.  You don't have to read about it.  Just click here to listen to Bernie Mad...

In a November 2008 press release Placido Domingo, Los Angeles Opera's leader, optimistically announced   Ring Festival LA will be a de...

Recently I wrote about Composers of the Nazi Era by Michael Kater the third book in a fascinating trilogy about Nazis and music.   I'v...

Today is the first performance of L.A. Opera's complete production of Richard Wagner's endless four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibe...