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The last taboo of operathe menopause

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (548+ words) Leading opera singers reveal how menopause can derail a career built on vocal precision " and...roles as principal soprano for English National Opera, she was catapulted into perimenopause. Bozeman...doctor to get my HRT prescription, I had to explain the…...

World of Reel
worldofreel.com > blog > 2026 > 3 > 4 > the-bride-panned-by-critics-a-wokified-joker-fied-feminist-opera

The Bride’ Reviews Are Very Mixed: “A Wokified ‘Joker’-fied Feminist Opera” — World of Reel

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (328+ words)The review embargo has lifted on Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride," and it's not looking good for Warner Bros' $100M-costing movie. The aggregates have it at 58% on Rotten Tomatoes and...amused by IndieWire's review, which actually describes the film as "woke…...

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pressreader.com > uk > the-i-paper > 20/26/0303 > 282711938516050

Classical music’s sexism problem is out in the open

1+ mon, 10+ hour ago  (10+ words) Classical music's sexism problem is out in the open'PressReader...

The Art Newspaper
theartnewspaper.com > 03/06/2026 > big-review-the-woman-question-1550-2025

The Big Review | The Woman Question 1550-2025 ★★★★½

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (242+ words)The works: "The show: " The exhibition title references "la querelle des'femmes, a phrase used by the Medieval court writer'Christine de'Pizan who'authored The Book of'the City of'Ladies (1405) about an allegorical space that would'protect and'conserve the'histories of'important women. A gallery…...

The i Paper
inews.co.uk > culture > arts > classical-music-sexism-yuja-wang-norman-lebrecht-4263056

Classical music has a sexism problem

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (341+ words) "misogynistic bullying" - but he is just the tip of the iceberg When the pianist Yuja Wang took to social media the other day to accuse the former BBC broadcaster Norman Lebrecht of "misogynistic..."misogynistic bullying, shockwaves reverberated through…...

Surf Coast News
surfcoastnews.com.au > showbiz > 30074

Classical Music: Gender Parity Rings Hollow

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (325+ words)The classical repertoire and orchestras continue to be largely dominated by men, from the most played works to the most prominent positions. The global classical repertoire remains dominated by the influential figures of the 18th and 19th centuries: Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky. As…...

ARTS ATL
artsatl.org > feminist-play-festival-asks-what-it-means-to-be-a-woman-in-shakespeares-work

Feminist play festival asks what it means to be a woman in Shakespeare’s work

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (362+ words) plays: Cordelia, Desdemona, Lavinia and Ophelia. The play explores the gendered violence and objectification in many of...plays and how each of these women were failed by the men in their stories. Heartbeat Ophelia transports...its eponymous character to a…...

OperaWire
operawire.com > q-a-director-jorinde-keesmaat-on-she-her-me-the-female-perspective-in-opera-for-international-womens-day

A: Director Jorinde Keesmaat on ‘SHE/HER/ME’ & the Female Perspective in Opera for International Women’s Day

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (571+ words) event and for this exclusive interview takes a behind the scenes look at "SHE/HER/ME" and Keesmaat's creative process through the female perspective. We focused on the three dysfunctional love stories " each originally...illuminate these stories in order to…...

Daily Bruin
dailybruin.com > 02/08/2026 > the-shakespeare-company-highlights-misogyny-through-the-pliant-girls

The Shakespeare Company highlights misogyny through 'The Pliant Girls"

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (248+ words)The Shakespeare Company at UCLA extended beyond its previous productions with their fall production, "The Pliant Girls." "There's so many interesting themes...queerness, of misogyny in general, living as a woman under the patriarchy, the power of secrets, betrayal, " sisterhood,…...

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universitytimes.ie > 2026 > 03 > the-crucible-at-the-gaiety-theatre-a-less-sexist-than-normal-endeavour

The Crucible at the Gaiety Theatre: A Less-Sexist-Than-Normal Endeavour?

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (601+ words)The Crucible at the Gaiety Theatre: A Less-Sexist-Than-Normal Endeavour?The University Times Few canonical dramas punish women as spectacularly as Arthur Miller's The Crucible " yet The Gaiety Theatre's latest staging tries to complicate that legacy. The Crucible at the Gaiety…...