Cameron Kelsall reports on a transcendent Jenufa from the Cleveland Orchestra
It’s not difficult to make an audience weep uncontrollably. But because it’s so easy, I think artists have a responsibility to not overuse that power.
Blind Injustice is a masterpiece, brilliant theater.
I reckon marketing a sex-themed opera in Brooklyn should be like selling bacon-flavored froyo in Vermont.
For those who like their Handel loud, with no forfeit of baroque finesse, one promising solution is to make the hall smaller.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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