Tag Archives: opera

An exclusive interview with composer Thomas Morse on his new opera Frau Schindler, which recently opened in Germany.

Floyd's music mixes modernist dissonance with classic lyricism, a recipe that the composer-librettist has mastered and fine-tuned perhaps better than anyone else.

Why does the opera call these educated and thoughtful Peruvian revolutionaries "terrorists"?

The winner of multiple Tony Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1976 musical arrives at San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre in a note-perfect production.

W.H. Auden called Oscar Wilde's great farcical comedy "the only pure verbal opera in English." Composer Gerald Barry and The Royal Opera have taken that idea and run with it.

With the release of 'Trillium J,' Anthony Braxton redefines - or at least redeciphers - what opera should sound like in the 21st century. Here's a hint: Compelling.

Glorious music and wonderful singing more than compensate for a weak story in this comic opera by the first classical composer of African ancestry.

Forceful, wrenching, and thought-provoking, 'Glory Denied' with a number of productions under its belt still deserves further exposure in our age of constant war, with the lessons of Vietnam yet to be learned. It should be considered one of the major operas of the 21st century so far.

Some critics disdained this production when it settled in Canada in 2012. But while in some respects it may confound, it feels honest, both musically and theatrically. Plus: Sumo wrestlers!

The brilliant lyric soprano's new CD highlights music by French composers of the Belle Époque along with Verdi and Puccini. Enter to win a copy from Blogcritics!