The MET Orchestra Performs Wagner and Strauss
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Richard Termine for the New York Times The MET Orchestra made a triumphant return to Carnegie Hall on Sunday afternoon for the first of […]
Opera
“Dog Days” World Premiere: David T. Little’s First Full-Length Opera
by Gabriel Furtado Lisa (Lauren Worsham) confides in the man-turned-dog Prince (John Kelly) credit: James Matthew Daniel Dog Days may be the only opera with a score capable of causing acute
“Einstein on the Beach” at BAM
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true emotion and true science." – Albert Einstein The
Mostly Mozart Festival: Mark Morris’ Dido and Aeneas
______________________________________________________ There are many miraculous things about Mark Morris' Dido and Aeneas, currently running at the Rose Theater as part of this year's ongoing Mostly Mozart Festival. Created during Morris' residency at
Tanglewood 2012: Berlioz’ The Damnation of Faust
(Photo: Hilary Scott/BSO) Continuing the great tradition of operatic performance at Tanglewood, Charles Dutoit led the Boston Symphony Orchstra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children's Chorus, and soloists in a performance
Lincoln Center Festival: Feng Yi Ting
by Angela Sutton Photo: Cong Yan / China Daily The Lincoln Center Festival provided a respite from a steamy, stormy, July Thursday with a trip to ancient China in Guo
Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Emilie’ at the Lincoln Center Festival
by Michael Cirigliano II The idea of a monodrama opera based on the final days of an 18th-century female mathematician feverishly working on a translation of Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica
Patti Smith and Opera
Apparently, Patti Smith is a big opera fan. Who knew? "Because I tour a lot," she says, "if I have a day off and there's an opera, I'll go hear it."
St. Louis Bound
I'm headed to St. Louis today for the annual Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) conference, where classical music journalists from all over the country join to discuss the state