Throwback Thursday
Luisa Tetrazzini: Traversing Operatic Heights
Luisa Tetrazzini was one of the most famous Italian sopranos of the 19th-20th centuries. She began singing at...
The Illustrious Career of Mattia Battistini
Mattia Battistini, the great Italian baritone, was born in Rome on 27th February 1856. After completing his studies,...
The Imprimatur
Zane Dalal shares personal reflections on the repertoire and his 46-year association with Zubin Mehta, ahead of the...
Beniamino Gigli: The Extraordinary Voice of an Italian Opera Legend
In a new series, Jimmy Bilimoria discusses a work from the Stuart-Liff Collection he oversees at the NCPA....
Music, Pedagogy, and Personhood
In its original Greek form, “pedagogy” means “to lead a child,” from the roots pais: child and ago:...
A Life In Music
As the SOI prepares to present André Previn’s music for Tom Stoppard’s play Every Good Boy Deserves Favour,...
The Making of a Season
Onay Zhumabayeva, cellist and Orchestra Manager, looks back on the SOI’s journey from the first-ever season in 2006...
The Performing Arts Dispatch: The Royal Concertgebouw
A chance encounter can sometimes become a memory one preserves for a lifetime. In 1982, on his way...