It’s raining Mennonites
The music was at every point dramatically compelling, without seeming cheap or manipulative.
Margaret Lattimore
4 pieces since 2012 — in 3 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
4
pieces
3
roles
3
companies
15
years
Role Esther's mother
Role Marcellina
Home brew
An extraordinarily rich variety of opera happens locally, under the umbrella of New York Opera Fest.
Can this “Marriage” be saved?
The performance at the Metropolitan Opera last night proved that yes, it is possible to kill this opera. I don’t know how they managed it, but they did.
Role Mrs. Grose
Nearly there
On Site Opera’s Turn of the Screw, an immersive production set in the Bronx’s Wave Hill Gardens, featured mostly good singing and a few directorial and technological missteps.
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).