Casey, in the poem by Thayer, was the player the fans of Mudville thought would be the hero of a baseball game, turning Mudville into a state of victorious frenzy, but instead left them sad and ...

Opera Saratoga’s production of William Schuman’s “The Mighty Casey” is a gem. Premiered in 1953, the opera in two acts is less than two hours long, but proves, as many pundits would attest, that ...

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is ...