by Ken Schworm | Feb 6, 2018
When people hear the word diva, they think Maria Callas. The Greek-American soprano was one of the greatest stars of the 20th century, not only in the opera but in the media. If her tiffs with opera management weren’t enough, her affair with Aristotle Onassis and his...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 5, 2018
The letters, diaries and music of Lotte Lenya & Kurt Weill Originally presented at Lost Nation Theater – Montpelier, VT In the late 1920s, after the popular success of such shows as The Threepenny Opera, composer Kurt Weill and actress Lotte Lenya were Berlin’s...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 5, 2018
An Eyewitness Account from Parisian Musician, Critic and Journalist, Edmond Michotte. Originally presented by the Vermont Opera Theater – Montpelier, VT In 1860 Wagner went to Paris for the opening of his new opera, Tannhauser. While there he made the obligatory...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 4, 2018
Originally presented at The Heights Library, in Cleveland Heights, OH Celebrate America’s Game in song and literature as we present ruminations on the game of baseball by such diverse poetic voices as Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,...
by Ken Schworm | Feb 2, 2018
Originally presented at the T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center – Montpelier, VT “Had he chosen to become a musician, he would have risen to eminence in one way or the other, in our art.” This was said by the composer Charles Loeffler of arguably the finest portrait...
