There was love in the room. Hannah Shmerler was being honored for her voice by the Taconic Opera. Though operatically, she had sung Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La Traviata, and Michaela in Carmen, it was another voice for which she was being honored this week. For years, Hannah has been the voice for the Conservatory […]
My guest blogger this week is my creative and talented executive assistant Alison Kattleman. Italy has always been a leader in the arts. Such names as Giotto, Caravaggio and Guttuso come to mind. Now there’s a new voice in the grand tradition of Italian painting—the Arcane Movement, which has, since its inception some two years […]
When there is Music in the Air, I always think of Caramoor (www.caramoor.org). It’s that special place in the county that is called “A Garden of Great Music.” Caramoor reverberates each summer with its seven-week International Music Festival, now in its 66th year. This year the festival is truly a global affair with a roster […]
Dan Montez is a wunderkind. How do I know? He told me so. Well, not exactly. He’s the director of the not-for-profit Taconic Opera, which he founded 14 years ago. He learned to play the piano at age six. As a teenager, he fell in love with opera, and through sheer grit and talent became […]
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