The setting is an isolated and poor seaside village in Cornwall whose residents eke out a meager existence through the goods they retrieve from any shipwrecks that come their way. Rather than count on ...

Dame Ethel Smyth’s epic 1906 opera The Wreckers gets its first-ever full-scale production from a major American opera company. This must-see new production stars Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano ...

Despite being one of the world's great operas, The Wreckers was neglected for over a century after its premiere, as the world wasn't ready for a woman composer-much less a feminist, suffragist ...

Khori Dastoor had her eye on “The Wreckers” some time before she took over as Houston Grand Opera’s general director and CEO in August 2021. Part of her interviewing process was to plot out potential ...

It's big-hearted, energetic and massively flawed. The libretto, by a one-time lover of the composer, Henry Brewster, an American brought up in France who wrote it in that country’s language, is ...

‘El último sueño de Frida y Diego’ and ‘The Wreckers’ Reviews: The Music of Death A magical world premiere at San Diego Opera imagines Frida Kahlo reuniting with her husband, Diego Rivera, from beyond ...

Glyndebourne gave us the original French-language version with a somewhat florid libretto by Smyth’s collaborator (and sometime lover) Henry Brewster. Melly Still’s production received plenty of ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Friday night is the opening night of The Wreckers, the latest production by the Houston Grand Opera. This will also be the first full-scale production of the show from a major ...