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Oceanic feeling

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Oceanic feeling

Grand Tier Grab Bag features a complete performance of Ernest Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer ahead of a particular year for both its soloist and conductor.

Everything the light touches

Einstein on the Beach at Opéra Berlioz, Montpellier (2012) / Photo: Lucie Jansch,

Everything the light touches

Vincent Lombardo pays poetic tribute to the 60-year-long career of Robert Wilson.

Closer to fine

Bettina Stöß

Closer to fine

Grand Tier Grab Bag looks forward to a big week for Umberto Giordano by sharing Sondra Radvanovsky and Gregory Kunde performing the final duet from Andrea Chénier.

Everything is “and,” not “or”

Everything is “and,” not “or”

James Gaffigan, the incoming Music Director of Houston Grand Opera, strikes a balance between New World precision and Old World flair in repertoire, staging, and wine

Reviews

Hear, O Israel

Soprano Sarah Brady sings the role of Merab in the Handel and Haydn Society's performances of Handel's Saul.

Hear, O Israel

As Messiah season begins, Christopher Corwin reports on two of Handel’s forays into the Old Testament.

I’m getting married in the morning

Scott Suchman

I’m getting married in the morning

Washington National Opera presented a well-sung and humorous Marriage of Figaro, buoyed by clever direction and a strong cast, particularly Rosa Feola’s Countess and Joélle Harvey’s Susanna.

Medieval Times

Enrique Mazzola and the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Photo by Kyle Flubacker.

Medieval Times

Carl Orff’s cantata tries its fortunes at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

La fiamma è bella!

La fiamma è bella!

A new recording of La fiamma from Deutsche Oper Berlin sets Respighi's score ablaze.

Talk of the Town

I’m still thinking about Martin Kusej’s Rusalka

The production is based on the Elisabeth Fritzl story, and it really made me reconsider this opera's fairy tale storyline.

I’m still thinking about Martin Kusej’s Rusalka

I’m still thinking about Peter Sellars’s Così fan tutte

I never thought an opera production could be this well done.

I’m still thinking about Peter Sellars’s Così fan tutte

We’re still thinking about Robert Carsen’s Mefistofele

Les Camilles both agree on this one. And WHY? You ask??!

We’re still thinking about Robert Carsen’s Mefistofele

I’m still thinking about Krzysztof Warlikowski’s Lulu

Barbara Hannigan's Lulu is the greatest live performance I've seen.

I’m still thinking about Krzysztof Warlikowski’s Lulu

I’m still thinking about Hans Neuenfels’s Lohengrin

Who are the rats? Why are their tails getting longer? Is Lohengrin a rat trying to free himself from a maze?

I’m still thinking about Hans Neuenfels’s Lohengrin

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Nick Scholl
Publisher, Parterre Box