How does one make a performance of standard opera repertoire like Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro feel “fresh?”
The Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet opened their visit to Lincoln Center Tuesday night with the US stage premiere of their “national opera” Bánk Bán.
Bard College presented a semi-staged concert of Halka on Saturday evening as part of its impressively wide-ranging two-week “Chopin and his World” festival.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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