Minnie happy returns
Puccini’s Girl closes out the 20th century and gallops into the 21st.
Andrea Schmidt-Futterer
3 pieces since 2011 — at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3
pieces
2
companies
16
years
By company
Mark, missed
Thoughtless direction stifled the epic drama.
Fresh, direct
Directors love directing Wagner, or rather, they love directing their versions of Wagner. They don’t seem to like the operas very much. We all know what we’re going to see if we travel to Bayreuth or Berlin or Stuttgart for an evening: the regietheater world of concept grafted over concept grafted over concept with the […]
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Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
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).
