Selma Jezková @ Lincoln Center Festival
(Photo: Royal Danish Opera) Money – or, more appropriately, the lack of it – can make people desperate. That was […]
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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
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
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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
VOX 2011
The cast of Yoav Gal's "Three Weeks" last night at City Opera's VOX 2011 at Le Poisson Rouge. More pics
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
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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
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