Difficult people
Anna Pirozzi makes a welcome return to the Metropolitan Opera, but Turandot remains as thorny as ever.
Oksana Lyniv
6 pieces since 2022 — at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
6
pieces
4
companies
5
years
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Oksana Lyniv.
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Decadent genealogies
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.
Have a napkin, have a chopstick, have a chair
From a musical perspective, the evening came together admirably. As a work of theater, though, it was as stale as last week’s takeout.