Ilana Walder-Biesanz

1 week ago | parterre.com | Ilana Walder-Biesanz

What do a 9-year-old opera adapted from a psychological film and a 170-year-old opera based on medieval legend have in common? One answer: Sex and miracles. Another: they’re both can’t miss productions at Houston Grand Opera (HGO) right now. In Missy Mazzoli’s 2016 opera Breaking the Waves, a young woman from a traditional religious community in Scotland (Bess) marries an outsider (Jan) who suffers a terrible accident that leaves him paralyzed.

Sep 16, 2024 | classicalvoiceamerica.org | Ilana Walder-Biesanz

BOSTON — Articles about Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto typically lead with quasi-apologies for the opera. Mozart was only 14 when he wrote it, dramaturgs hasten to remind audiences. As presented by Boston Lyric Opera on Sept. 13 at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Mitridate needs no excuses. A starry cast, plus Mozart’s dazzling score, made for one of the finest operatic evenings I’ve ever experienced. Mozart followed the Baroque opera seria model for this work.

Aug 27, 2024 | eschoolnews.com | Ilana Walder-Biesanz

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I went to high school at age 11. Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes there, so I walked from my public school campus to nearby Lewis and Clark College to study differential equations, symbolic logic, and the plays of 1830s Spain. People often ask me if it was strange to be a newly minted teenager in classrooms full of college upperclassmen.

Jul 19, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Becky Vevea |Hannah Dellinger |Brendan Rose |Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. The head of Chicago’s largest high school charter network is stepping down after six years on the job. Noble Schools CEO Constance Jones announced in an email to staff and families that she will “pass the torch to a new leader” and work with the network’s board and an outside consultant to find a new CEO.

Jul 19, 2024 | chalkbeat.org | Hannah Dellinger |Brendan Rose |Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Michigan education officials this month asked the U.S. Department of Education to dismiss all claims that the state violated the federal rights of students with disabilities during COVID-era school shutdowns.