Explore the story of Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez, who burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors.
Leaving the War Memorial Opera House earlier this month, after the West Coast premiere of Poul Ruder's "The Handmaid's Tale," I was left with a distinct thought: Is there where modern opera is going?
Turns out he can, and does, entertain them; if a song eludes him in its entirety, he starts scatting the lyrics, has a crack at finding the rough chords, then cuts it off after the first verse ...