By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Comic operas tend to be crowd pleasers: well, a pause between all the tragic deaths and doomed lovers. The problem is that there aren’t many choices. Opera companies can only program “Così Fan Tutte”, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” or “L’Elisir d’Amore” and a handful of others a certain number of times. So […]
By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Brittney Griner appeared in a courtroom outside Moscow on Thursday.Credit…Yuri Kochetkov/EPA, via Shutterstock Defense witnesses praised Britney GrinerIn a courtroom outside Moscow on Thursday, where the American basketball star – now one of the most famous prisoners in the world – faces a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking . Maksim Ryabkov, […]
By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) JERUSALEM — When President Biden arrives in the Middle East this week, on his first visit as US head of state, he will find a region where alliances, priorities and relations with the United States have changed dramatically since then. his last official tripsix years ago. His visit opens in Israel and […]