The air in Buenos Aires in mid-January is thick enough to chew. It is a humid, oppressive heat that usually drives the city’s ...

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In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera “The ...

Jake Heggie's New Opera 'The Judgment of Paris' Will Mix Mythology and an Infamous Wine Competition In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California ...

Opera-Judgment of Paris Composer Jake Heggie appears in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. (James Niebuhr via AP) (James Niebuhr/AP) In what figures to be a score for refined palettes, the famous 1976 ...