A short new opera about abolitionist Sojourner Truth features fine voices and appealing music.
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Opera Review: (Bard College, NY): ‘Oresteia’ by Sergey Taneyev
Despite inadequate staging and a too-small stage, this premiere American production of Tanayev's late 19th-century masterwork was a revelation.
Read More »Opera Review (Singapore): Another Murder on the Orient Express by Bellepoque
This pastiche-operetta (Offenbach, Bizet, G&S) provided intimate, entertaining "comfort theatre" during the monsoon season.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Travelers: “The Wandering Scholar” and “Savitri”‘ by Gustav Holst
A trickster theme and Holst's tricky music unite these two mini-operas, whose moods couldn't be more different.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘You, My Mother’ at La Mama
This remarkable show will not appeal to everyone, but anyone with an adventuresome spirit should go.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Opera Manhattan’s ‘Women on the Verge’
Short operatic works showcase beautiful singing amid the nightmares of Valentine's Day.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Miranda’
Drawing on rock, tango, movie-thriller music, Baroque opera, hip-hop, and more, the score of this "steampunk murder mystery" is consistently engaging and exciting.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Séance on a Wet Afternoon’ by Stephen Schwartz
Based on a 1964 film, the tense new opera by the creator of 'Wicked' and 'Godspell' triumphs at New York City Opera.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Mosheh: A VideOpera
This demanding new work won't appeal to everyone, but it's so different that it's fascinating.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas at the Met
The Met hadn't staged this excellent example of Parisian grand opera in 113 years.
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