Tag Archives: opera

This production provides an excellent introduction to the Vienna-born composer for those who aren't familiar with him – a group that may include many opera fans.

A gripping, innovative production, reduced to two hours but still full of Gounod's glorious music, boasts a terrific cast and smart, sinewy staging.

The contemporary resurgence of the countertenor was on full display in a glorious concert staging of Handel's greatest opera.

This luminous production is a a distinctive experience designed to take advantage of the unique setting of the Met Cloisters.

Music by Vivaldi, words by Sara Ruhl, choreography by Pam Tanowitz, and conception and vocals by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo promise an impactful March 2025 premiere.

Returning after a COVID hiatus, the 25th/26th Beijing Music Festival promises to be as enlightening and impressive as ever.

One by an African American composer, the other by a Jewish immigrant, these two one-act operas can both be seen as quintessentially American.

The adventurous opera company sets Puccini's tale of a barge outdoors at the edge of Manhattan where seagoing commerce once thrived.

Rife with stagecraft, physicality, and superb singing and acting, 'Lady M' is a mesmerizing stripped-down re-imagining of Verdi's opera 'Macbeth.'

Gleaming voices, exceptional acting, and Puccini's endlessly wonderful music make this a worthy production regardless of the trimming-down and the conceptual trappings.