I just finished watching the 1968 film version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The play is by far the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays, and I believe it is the earliest effort in the genre of tragedy that we have from the Bard. The story is ubiquitous, and I hardly can... Continue Reading →
The Bard in Aria
I used to think YouTube was just for funny cat videos and recordings of babies doing things their parents thought were cute. I must fully repent my previous ideas. I have made a few finds of musical treasures on the internet in the last year, but none so great as my find of a production... Continue Reading →