Opera
Baritone Sir Thomas Allen Takes on Scottish Opera, At Least for Now
Stephen (Steven?) Colbert ,1983 Spoleto USA Opera Star, Invites Plácido Domingo to 'The Report'
If you can believe it (and you should) Stephen Colbert has something of an operatic past. In his youth, apparently, he was associated with the Spoleto festivals in Charleston, South Carolina. The Column: Is the Birgit Nilsson Prize $1 Million Well Spent on the Vienna Phil?
What is the Birgit Nilsson Prize actually for? What is the Birgit Nilsson Prize for? There was some surprise when its first iteration -- and we're talking $1,000,000, opera and vocal music's most valuable award by far -- went to the hardly-impoverished Plácido Domingo.
