Opera
Dmitri Hvorostovsky to Perform at Carnegie Hall with Ivari Ilja Feb 7, Continues Treatment
Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Brings 'Off the Score' Quintet to Schimmel Center
Stewart Copeland is no longer drumming with Sting but instead coining operas. Having premiered a revamped version of The Cask of Amontillado at Dixon Place in New York, the drummer-cum-composer will now bring Off the Score, a collaborative effort with pianist Jon Kimura Parker, to Pace University's Schimmel Center on April 8. Sought-After Opera Soprano Omo Bello Started Career as French Nigerian Scientist
The path to a musical career is rarely clear-cut, but one can certainly guess at its magnetism in order to have pulled French Nigerian scientist-turned-opera soprano Omo Bello away from such a distant nation and towards an equally distant career choice. The BBC recently conducted a profile of the emerging talent along with her curious backstory. According to the BBC, Omo Bello started her career studying to become a geneticist in her native Nigeria until 2006 when she was awarded a scholarship to train as an opera singer in France. From there, her career blossomed into what has now made her the "most sought-after" opera soprano in the field today.
