by Michael Cirigliano II In commemorating the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth, the entire classical-music world is inundating concert audiences with performances of the famed British composer’s output. However, for every large-scale production of Peter […]
"Parsifal escapes all attempts at simplification or reduction." —François Girard Hard to believe, but it's been 10 years since Richard Wagner's Parsifal was last seen in New York, in a Met production by
Kevin Puts is a busy man these days: In addition to composing and teaching at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, his opera Silent Night—which won last year's Pulitzer Prize—opened Friday
by Andreas Hager Stories of love and betrayal may be the usual opera diet, but sometimes you run across something completely different. Performed as part of the PROTOTYPE Festival, composer/librettist David T.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Each year around this time, I make my way out to New Jersey to see my Dad sing a holiday concert with the Orpheus Club: a semi-professional
by Andreas Hager Photo credit: Erin Baiano The Collegiate Chorale presented something of an early-bird special at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. Bellini’s underperformed Beatrice di Tenda, began at an
by Andreas Hager Photo Credit: Nan Melville Attending a co-production of Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Program can feel similar to a high-school match at the steroidy heights of
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor, The New York Times It’s nice to see that Alban Berg’s infamous 1922 opera, Wozzeck, hasn’t lost much of its shock value
by FoM This has been a difficult week for all of us who are fortunate to call NYC home: I can't think of anyone who wasn't impacted by Sandy, be
