Kent Nagano gives a boost to the Opéra national de Paris‘s revival of Nixon in China.
Jerry Zaks’ high-gloss production, which trades heavily on a bland Americana at odds with the sharp satire of Meredith Willson’s libretto and timeless score, operates on all cylinders but fires on hardly any.
Is there any opera more bullet-proof than Le Nozze di Figaro?
Certain operas are better in theory than practice.
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