If it ain’t ‘Brokeback’
Between staging, music, and material, it’s hard to decide what feels most broken about New York City Opera’s American premiere of Brokeback Mountain.
Brokeback Mountain
6 pieces since 2015.
6
pieces
12
years
C’est une chanson qui nous ressemble
In September, Finnish National Opera gave the world premiere of Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata), based on Mr. Bergman’s 1978 study of a troubled mother/daughter relationship.
Not much gold, but plenty of rush
Is this not Puccini’s greatest opera, his most human, least manipulative?
Stage beauty
>What does a great opera production do, and what does a bad production fail to do?
Warhorse
Three blocks from the opera house is a terrible time to realize there was homework.
Haunted mountain
Beginning with the dark, ominous music of the prelude of Charles Wuorinen and Annie Proulx’s opera Brokeback Mountain, we know we are in for a very different and far less sentimental version of the work than was had with Ang Lee’s iconic 2005 film.
I’ll take the fall
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).