4 pieces since 2013 — in 4 roles, at 1 company, most often at Opéra National de Paris.
After the success of its Don Giovanni in 2011, Lincoln Center invited Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra to return for the Mostly Mozart Festival premiere (!) of the first of Mozart-da Ponte’s three masterpieces Le Nozze di Figaro late Sunday afternoon at the Rose Theater.
Offenbach‘s Robinson Crusoé is salvaged from obscurity.
Les Brigands at the Paris Opera is an expensive joke that never lands
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).
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