Steven Brown is a Houston, Texas writer specializing in classical music and the arts. He has been the classical music critic of the Houston Chronicle, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, and Orlando Sentinel. Trained as a pianist, he has been an avid operagoer since the last years of the Metropolitan Opera’s national tours. He has interviewed notable singers spanning several generations from Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes through Renée Fleming and Cecilia Bartoli to Ana Maria Martinez, Ryan McKinny, and Tamara Wilson.
