Revisiting Tchaikovsky and Pushkin With Passion By GINA LEVINSON For most cast members of this month’s Juilliard Opera Center production of Eugene Onegin it is their first encounter with the Russian language. Russian diction coach Gina Levinson writes about helping the singers move beyond correct diction into the subtleties of their roles. More...

A Meeting of Minds By TIM WHITELAW In late November, seven members of the New Juilliard Ensemble will travel to Dijon to participate in the cunningly punning Why Note Festival—this year, subtitled “L’Orient Extreme”—with a program of works inspired by a Japanese/American “Meeting of Minds.” Tim Whitelaw talks with the ensemble’s director Joel Sachs about the event. More...

Pipe Dreams Holtkamp Organ at Juilliard Undergoes Major Renovation By JANE RUBINSKY Anyone curious enough to investigate the sawing, hammering, and drilling sounds emanating from Paul Hall this past summer would have been greeted with an astonishing sight: What looked like Geppetto’s workshop gone mad was nothing less than a complete refurbishing and expansion of the organ in Paul Hall. More...

Peering Through a Blue Window on Urban Life By MAHIRA KAKKAR Craig Lucas’s Blue Window is an unusual choice for a fourth-year drama production. It’s a play without a conventional plot. Nothing happens. It does have a point, though, and it also requires—by its structure as well as its theme—an ensemble. The Juilliard student cast definitely is one. More...

Debut Recital for Soprano on the Rise By ANNA O’DONOGHUE As the winner of this year’s Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut, Juilliard alumna Lauren Skuce has a lot on her plate. But the young soprano, who recently made her N.Y.C. Opera debut, is not one to shy away from demands and challenges. Anna O’Donoghue finds out what makes this rising star tick. More...

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