Tag: Opera
At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake
Has there ever been a Metropolitan Opera season like the one that just ended? In which the stuff…
American Modern Opera Company Takes Over the Ojai Festival
The policy is built into the company’s contracts. Sometimes, it’s too expensive — most often at dance institutions,…
Review: A ‘Rake’ Takes a Treasured Spot in the Opera Season
Just before the end of this milestone comeback season at the Metropolitan Opera, the slot has returned.That slot?…
‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own
BERLIN — Samuel Mariño is a rarity in opera: a true male soprano.Rather than relying on falsetto as…
An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends
With little room for Sacks’s panorama of patients, Stollman combined some into composite characters. But Leonard L., who…
With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots
After Omar arrives in America, much of the opera’s drama is channeled through what the production’s director, Kaneza…
Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
DETROIT — “When a man is lost,” sings Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, “does the sky bleed for…
Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera
An opera composer would need the epic gifts and epic gall of a Richard Wagner to consider an…
‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due
DETROIT — As the orchestra of the Detroit Opera tuned itself for a recent rehearsal, the outline of…
Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
By the looks of it, there is little in common between the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Lucia…
One Opera, Three Acts, Three Different Stagings
The German lighting designer Urs Schönebaum, a frequent collaborator with Robert Wilson, is responsible for Act II. Here,…
Anna Netrebko Faces Backlash in Russia After Attempt to Distance Herself From Putin
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s biggest stars, faced backlash on Friday in her home country…