The snows that lie on the mountains of Judaea The snows that lie on the mountains of Judaea

Salome sweeps in like a storm at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

By January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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In dreams In dreams

All these events are simply too big for a one-act opera.

By March 19, 2019 at 9:18 AM
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Too cloistered for comfort Too cloistered for comfort

New Amsterdam Opera’s concert version of Donizetti’s elaborate score La favorita, offered energy, panache and several top-notch young soloists.

By June 04, 2018 at 10:02 AM
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Wine coolers are the first thing, morals follow on Wine coolers are the first thing, morals follow on

Skirting the leafy, patrician Berkshires of Western Mass, and flush with wine coolers and white people, pastoral Tanglewood doesn’t much resemble the dark Nibelung settings of Norse myth.

By July 26, 2017 at 12:07 PM
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A choice, not an ecosystem A choice, not an ecosystem

Washington National Opera’s first Ring Cycle came to a bittersweet conclusion this past Sunday, closing the door on an extraordinary three weeks in the opera house and a remarkable musical and theatrical achievement for the company.

By May 26, 2016 at 4:28 PM
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Burden of gilt Burden of gilt

Happily, this Rheingold, which returned to the Kennedy Center Saturday night to open the first of three complete cycles, has been shorn of its clumsier gestures.

By May 03, 2016 at 10:30 AM
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