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).
Author Archives: Irene Javors
Irene Javors is the author of Culture Notes: Essays on Sane Living, (2010) and a volume of poetry, Mists of Memory(1986). She is a member of PEN. She is a contributor to journal the The Gay and Lesbian Review/Worldwide and a reviewer for WBAI radio, State of the Arts-NYC. Her website is ijavorsoptimalliving.com
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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.”