critics and their criticism
An “opera critic” is still terrified of productions that closed a generation ago.
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“In none of this was he ever anything close to perfect. Great artists never are. Without their devils there would be no angels.”
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That’s right, it’s September 30, 2019 and Venomous Fishwife Norman Lebrecht claims this is the first time in his entire life he has heard that some people might find Turandot offensive.
The musical director of the Opera Royal de Wallonie at Liege is currently experiencing the early phase of a promising international career in music.
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Leave it to Opera News to whitewash the revolting reactionary politics of Franco Zeffirelli.
Congratulations to venerable Opera News on their new hire, art director Harvey Dent.
Since his death, Mackerras has had not very much interesting to say aside from “Avenge me!”
“Marlis Petersen, in her first shot at the role, is as complete a video Violetta as Rosanna Carteri, Marie McLaughlin or the young Angela Gheorghiu, and as riveting as Teresa Stratas or Anna Netrebko.”
“A few weeks after the opening night of Otello in New York, The Washington Post convened a group of African–American opera singers to discuss the issue.”
“It’s in the ‘Behind the Scenes’ section of the Lady Gaga issue, involving Brian Mitchell, archivist and occasional child wrangler with the Houston Grand Opera.”
The winners of the ninth annual F. Paul Driscoll Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence (or, as they are colloquially known, the “Opera News Awards”) have been revealed.
“F. Paul Driscoll, editor of Opera News [not pictured], is optimistic.”
Has it been a year already? Apparently so.
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