Selma Jezková @ Lincoln Center Festival
(Photo: Royal Danish Opera) Money – or, more appropriately, the lack of it – can make people desperate. That was the theme of Poul Ruders' one-act opera Selma Jezková, which […]
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Summer=City
Sure, it's fun to have a beach house, or a place up in the mountains. But, for those of us stuck here in the city, there are plenty of musical
What Might Have Been…
(photo: El Pais)Solid piece by Zach Woolfe in this week's Times, combining a review of Madrid's new production of Messiaen's Saint Francois d'Assise with an eye-opening interview with the Teatro Real's new artistic director,
Rufus Does Opera
As is well known, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright was commissioned several years ago by the Met Opera to compose an evening-length opera, part of the same program that will bring Nico's Two Boys – which
VOX 2011
The cast of Yoav Gal's "Three Weeks" last night at City Opera's VOX 2011 at Le Poisson Rouge. More pics (including Hannah Lash's "Blood Rose" and Jeff Myers' "Maren of
Die Walküre Live Now
For those who haven't yet seen the new Robert LePage production of Wagner's Die Walküre at the Met, today's your last chance to hear it this season. The house itself has been
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 tonight is the 12th edition of the MATA Festival, and
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 on four consecutive nights (as Wagner had originally intended.) It