Simon McBurney’s Embracing “Flute” At The Met
Metropolitan Opera House, New York; May, 2023—If you’ve been to the Metropolitan Opera in the last 40 years to experience Mozart’s great Die Zauberflöte, you
“Death of Classical” Presents John Tavener Among The Tombs
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; May 26, 2023—Impresario Andrew Ousley’s “Death of Classical” continues apace. It is a quite marvelous concept wherein Classical Music and occasionally,
Master Voices Deliciously Presents G&S’s Iolanthe At Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall, N.Y.; May 3, 2023—Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe never has found the same popularity in this country as say, their HMS Pinafore or Mikado.
Heartbeat Opera’s Sinister, Close Look At Lady Macbeth
Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, New York; April 12, 2023—Now coming up on its 10th year, the innovative, sometimes revolutionary, relevant Heartbeat Opera
Nature Wins In Strauss’ Daphne At Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall, NY; March 23, 2023—Richard Strauss famously said “I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.” Vaguely opaque
Berkshire Festival’s Don Giovanni–Darker Than Dark
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA; August 20, 2022—Now in its sixth season, the entirely professional Berkshire Opera Festival operates out of a 600-seat,
Eleonora Buratto A Wonderful New Butterfly At The Met
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; April 27, 2022—One of the Met’s productions that is always worth re-visiting is Anthony Minghella’s sensitive handling of Puccini’s
Verdi’s Grand Don Carlos Takes The Met’s Stage By Storm
The Metropolitan Opera returned to performances after a month-long hiatus on February 28th with three firsts: Managing Director Peter Gelb’s call for a moment of
Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones Triumphs At The Met
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York October 1, 2021—The big, operatic news in New York has been that the Met is presenting the first opera
Fine Performance of Korngold’s Dreamlike Die Tote Stadt at Bard
Bard Summerscape, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.; August 18, 2019—For almost 20 years now, Bard College, at Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, has been presenting, under music director