Operas

The East Village Opera Company combines classic opera with classic rock, and they’re up for a Grammy award this Sunday.

Latino Americans, especially those who live in Latino neighborhoods, often outlive members of other ethnic groups of the same, or higher, socioeconomic status. Audrey Quinn explains this health phenomenon sometimes called the “barrio advantage.”

After lunch, every afternoon, Benjamin Britten would go out walking, notes Chris Watson, a professional sound recordist. ‘During that walk, which was maybe an hour, maybe 90 minutes, he would consider and edit in his mind his morning’s work.’

Call had dyslexia, and although he had a great ear for music and a knack for instruments, he picked up the trombonium, trombone, bassoon, bass clarinet, he assumed his disability would make a career in music impossible.

Monday’s Geo Quiz/Global Hit features mezzo soprano ElÄ«na Garanča who’s appearing on stage at the New York Metropolitan Opera in the role of Sesto in Mozart’s The Clemency of Titus. Later this month Garanča returns to her hometown Riga to sing with the Latvian National Opera.