Kaija Saariaho’s spectral, shattering Innocence makes its Metropolitan Opera debut.
A Strauss rarity receives a ravishing concert performance at Seattle Opera.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was, somehow, a fun night at the opera—just not one that felt specifically operatic.
Cameron Kelsall reports on a transcendent Jenufa from the Cleveland Orchestra
The score for Innocence was menacing yet comforting, and, essentially, violent and peaceful at the same time
This sterling revival shows the Metropolitan to be surviving well and in good shape.
A snarky commentator might dub last night at the Met “Boris of the divo hair flip” but that would do a disservice to a serious, often effective performance of the challenging original version of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece.
Faith. The title of this fourth and final chapter of Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns made me pause for reflection.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra reigned supreme at the opening night of Wozzeck on Friday evening, rendering every snarl and shimmer of Berg’s score with gripping intensity.
The finals on Sunday seemed a bit like the modern-day operatic equivalent of the Roman colosseum.
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.
All those who have been in a rage since the news broke this week that the Metropolitan Opera has invited Calixto Bieito to stage Verdi’s La Forza del Destino can relax and embrace the Juilliard Opera’s new Le Nozze di Figaro which opened Friday night.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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