The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was, somehow, a fun night at the opera—just not one that felt specifically operatic.
Opera at the Kennedy Center has been in hibernation this winter.
To paraphrase Terence Blanchard’s Champion, what makes an opera an opera?
It is perhaps a misperception to suggest that Die Schweigsame Frau is stronger in the uncut version.
Soprano Patricia Racette is superb in La Voix Humaine, a work that she makes absolutely her own.
I mean, how often does one get to hear Bernstein’s gorgeous, rollicking, and varied score nursed by a full orchestra and the artistic resources of an opera company?
The big news on Van Ness Avenue, it goes without saying, is Calixto Bieito’s operatic debut on these shores.
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher is heavy on macabre atmosphere and light on action.
Three blocks from the opera house is a terrible time to realize there was homework.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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