MATA and VOX 2011
Two major events settle in NYC this week, turning the spotlight on the music of young and up-and-coming composers. Starting […]
Opera
A New Ring
I first encountered Wagner's four-opera epic The Ring of the Nibelung in June 1990, when PBS broadcast the Met's then-new Otto Schenk production
Monodramas @ NY City Opera, 3/31/11
I was back at NY City Opera for the second night in a row last night to see "Monodramas": a
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Stravinsky Under Water
Opera returned to the stage of BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House Tuesday night with the Canadian Opera Company's production of "The
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My Top 20
Oh Lordy. These days, The Times seems keen on lobbing up fungos to hit out of the park of musical debate.
Pelléas et Mélisande
"Sometimes, something really great can happen when people understand something together and you know it couldn't have been any other
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City Opera: Intermezzo
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to attend City Opera for the first time this season to see a performance
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Solomon and Joan
While I was busy flitting around ACL yesterday, we lost two of the most extraordinary singers of the 20th Century: