Conductor Eun Sun Kim and soprano Elza van der Heever play to their strengths in a piercing revival of Elektra at San Francisco Opera.
Iain Bell and Lydia Steier‘s Medusa stuns in Brussels.
As a burgeoning opera fan, I relied on YouTube to connect me with the art form.
Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder and Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot are, in their different ways, the final decadent flowering of a musical tradition at its twilight.
From a musical perspective, the evening came together admirably. As a work of theater, though, it was as stale as last week’s takeout.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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