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Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

A Conversation with Roberto Alagna The fourth Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features the beloved French tenor of Sicilian origin Roberto Alagna, who has been one of opera’s biggest stars for decades. He is renowned for his passionate singing, incisive acting and excellent diction as well as his charisma on the opera stage. In January 2020,…

The Humanities and the Sciences

Their Epistemologies A lecture by Richard Foley, NYU Introduction by Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU) Respondent: Jane Tylus (Yale) Should inquiries in the basic sciences and the humanities have different aims? Here are two closely related questions: Are the values informing these inquiries typically different and should they be? In his book, The Geography of Insight: The Sciences, the Humanities, How They Differ,…

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

A Conversation with Ailyn Pérez The second Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features award-winning American soprano Ailyn Pérez, who regularly sings leading roles at the world’s top opera houses, including the Met and La Scala. This season at the Met she will be Mimì in La Bohème (October 25-November 21) and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra (April 10-25). Ailyn Pérez appears…