Aria law
Richard Lynn muses on whether the Met can make good on its exciting new promise of “Opera For All” while the goals of its $1.5 billion fundraising campaign remain murky.
Opinion
Knowing when to leave will never let you reach the point of no return
With San Francisco Opera’s orchestra on strike and bass Andrew Potter retiring at 43, Miles Greenberg sees opera’s ethics and economics of impracticality at a breaking point
(A)nything (B)ut (C)armen
Calling from 2066, Brendan Latimer argues that the best way to save opera might be to just blow up the standard repertoire altogether.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).