The Vargas Blog

It is sad to report that tenor Johan Botha , the South African superstar that thrilled audiences around the world with his performances of...

When the US Open moved from the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills to Flushing meadows it shed whatever vestige it had of manicured ...

Gene Wilder died today at the age of 83. How sad when a comedian dies: a person who brings happiness and joy to so many. Young Frankenste...

Juan Gabriel, the legendary Mexican singer, known as "el Divo de Juárez" died in Santa Monica after giving a concert on Friday ...

Barrie Kosky , an Australian theater and opera director from Melbourne who labels himself as a "Gay Jewish Kangaroo" has been in...

At the center of the first and the last scenes of Charles Gounod 's opera Faust . as seen through the wacky lens of director and set d...

All singers know that they sound very different to themselves than to the people listening to them. This audio phenomenon is at the heart ...

The 2016 Olympic Games are underway in the beautiful city of Rio De Janeiro. The first time that the Olympics have been held in South Ame...

She came out dressed in white: a knight in shining armor ready for the fight ahead. America's own female Lohengrin. A Wagnerian sight ...

 I'm not sure how long it's going to be up there, but you can stream Monday's Parsifal performance from the stage of the Bayr...

 Mere days before the start of the Bayreuth Festival , Germany is on edge after five people were injured in an axe attack in a Bavarian tr...

It is such a delight to rediscover Anthony Minghella 's poignant, unforgettable production of Giacomo Puccini 's Madama Butterfly ...

Back in 2012 Netflix struck a deal with Disney to have exclusive rights to stream new films from Marvel , Pixar , LucasFilm s, and Walt D...

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the poster for the 54th New York Film Festival . It was designed by film director Apic...

If Finnish conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen were eying the job of Music Director at the Metropolitan Opera , recently vacated by Jame...

After missing my original date to go to see Roberto Devereux at the Metropolitan Opera as a result of being in the hospital, I finally a...

The Crucible , Arthur Miller 's powerful 1953 drama, about the hysteria that sent twenty people to their deaths accused of being witch...

The Metropolitan Opera will open next year's 2016-2017 season, celebrating the company’s fiftieth anniversary at Lincoln Center ...

I learned of the death of Antonin Scalia while sitting in theater 2 at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) waiting for a showing of the film...

Tonight was the premiere of South Pole at the Bayerische Staatsoper . This new opera is by composer Miroslav Srnka with a libretto by pl...