Irene Javors

Art

Behind the Masquerade of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier

If asked to choose an opera in the category of “most satisfying,” I would choose Richard Strauss’s brilliant Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose, 1911).

Art

After 113 Years: Have We Come a Long Way?

When I was 14, after reading yet another biography of Verdi, I asked my mother, “Do women write operas?” She looked at me with incredulity and responded, “Never heard of any.”