It s a sad season at the Santa Fe Opera this year, not because of any loss of quality, but because all five operas are tragedies. That said, they re some of
Opera and symphonic conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya will deliver the Bienen School of Music’s convocation address in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall this June. As a Russian American conductor, Yankovskaya is an advocate for Slavic pieces, operatic rarities and contemporary works, according to her website. Yankovskaya was raised in Russia and spent her summers in Ukraine. When she.