-
The music director for Opera Project Columbus is under fire. The organization is investigating Alessandro Siciliani over complaints of sexual misconduct…
-
Classical 101I first heard Verdi’s opera Rigoletto on a record I got from the library in my hometown, over fifty years ago.The first performance of Rigoletto I…
-
Classical 101It seems as if late October and early November is prime time for our orchestras, theaters and dance and opera companies.I was running out of energy to…
-
Classical 101It's a torrid late-summer day as I type these lines. I equate the cooler weather and the longer evenings with opening nights!Columbus looks forward to…
-
Classical 101A number of years ago, two dedicated opera lovers — Julie Castrop and Heather Spence — built a new company called Opera Columbus around Alessandro…
-
Classical 101Opera Project Columbus, conducted by Alessandro Siciliani, presents Giacomo Puccini's one-act opera Suor Angelica in the Lincoln Theatre, Friday, Sept. 8…
-
Classical 101Christopher Purdy goes on air for Classical 101 nearly every day, but what does the opera-loving host do in his "free" time? Well, he directs operas, of…
-
Classical 101According to writer Thomas C. Wolfe, you can't go home again.As far as Maestro Alessandro Siciliani is concerned, he IS home.Since he and the Columbus…
-
Classical 101OPERA PROJECT COLUMBUS presents Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (Clowns) at the Jewish Center of Columbus on Saturday June 14 and Sunday the 15. Alessandro…