Staring into the abbess

opera from a certain point of view

Production photos by Angel Origgi

Feature

Dan Johnson gives an inside look at the creation of Sarah Kirkland Snider's rapturous new opera Hildegard which opens at New York's PROTOTYPE Festival next week.

Quinn Kelsey in Simon Boccanegra / Photo: Steven Pisano

Grand Tier Grab Bag

My heart belongs to daddy

This week, Parterre Box shares Quinn Kelsey and Jennifer Rowley in a duet from a Verdi opera rumored to be returning to New York this time next season.

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Reviews

Lisette Oropesa as Elvira and Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo in Bellini's "I Puritani." Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera

Doublet trouble

A messy new I puritani at the Met is a historic and historical disappointment.

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