Denyce Graves News

'Not to brag, but I've stood upon some pretty rarified podiums,' writes Glen Roven. 'But to be honest, nothing competes in the thrill department with playing a piano for a Broadway legend who is recreating an original performance. Talk about musical comedy heaven.'

Grendel--a new opera directed and co-written by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor based on the fantastical epic poem Beowulf--will have its Los Angeles Opera premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on June 1st rather than the previously-announced May 27th

Grendel--a new opera directed and co-written by by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor based on the fantastical epic poem--will have its L.A. Opera premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on May 27th

The Lincoln Center Festival 2006 will feature a 9-hour marathon of plays by J.M. Synge and Julie Taymor's opera Grendel among its offerings

On November 28th, the Lincoln Center Tree Lighting ceremony will feature performances by Barbara Cook, Denyce Graves and others

With the passing of Fred Ebb, Onna White and, most recently, Cy Coleman, the 'death comes in threes' superstition seems to have a sorrowful twinge of truth.