Les Arts Florissants present two ravishing programs in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Two short theatrical works and one sacred piece from the beguiling oeuvre of the guy who didn’t write Louise
If April is the cruelest month, it may be that spring’s arrival brings far too many things to do and see.
Trove Thursday celebrates Pride with a Bible-based homoerotic sort-of opera not by the guy who wrote “Depuis le jour”: Charpentier’s David et Jonathas with Mark Padmore, Laurent Naouri and Jaël Azzaretti led by Emmanuelle Haïm.
Can a surfeit of pleasure become—in the end—unsatisfying?
At what moment does a “rising star” become simply a “star”?
For one week every two years since 1981 the eyes—and ears—of those interested in period performance turn to the Boston Early Music Festival, particularly to its opera centerpiece, but that organization doesn’t rest on its laurels in between festivals.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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