The replacements
Second casts in Don Giovanni and Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera offer mixed blessings.
Ivo van Hove
19 pieces since 2015 — at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
19
pieces
5
companies
12
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4 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Ivo van Hove.
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Nun of a kind
“None of that sentimental crap, okay?”
Nervous system theater
Like a sommelier of male entitlement, Peter Mattei paired with precision moves from a wide-ranging vocabulary of gesture.
Constant surveillance
It’s 2020, Ivo’s the new Ethel Merman, and I caught a preview of his fourth Broadway show and first Broadway musical, West Side Story.
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).