OSLO, Norway - Thanks to a confluence of fortunate circumstances – primarily some aggressively low airfares – I had the chance to visit Scandinavia for the first time last month. Scandinavia? In
by Steven Pisano Photos by Cory Weaver/Prototype If you could videotape and then three-dimensionally play back for an audience one of your recent dreams, it might look like Bora Yoon’s
by Robert Leeper All Photos by Cory Weaver/Prototype Opera Slovenian vocal ensemble Carmina Slovenica came to St. Ann's Warehouse last week to present the U.S. Premiere of Toxic Psalms. The group of 30 young women –
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"The rules are only good if they admit exceptions." – Hans Sachs, Die Meistersinger, Act III Over the course of the 6+ hours of Otto Schenk's monumental production of Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger
by Steven Pisano Opera Oggi NY is one of many community opera companies in NYC that perform in churches, basements, parks, and even living rooms. In lieu of placing an
Whenever I get the chance to go to the movies, I usually opt for indie flicks or foreign films. But, every once in awhile, I enjoy a big Hollywood blockbuster. (I
by Steven Pisano On Sunday evening, the good citizens of Bleecker Street were invaded by common street thugs, con artists, beggars, murderers, and whores from New Jersey. They hob-nobbed with
Although I'd already seen the Met Opera's acclaimed new production of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer, I felt compelled to see it once more on Saturday afternoon, the eighth and final
