Opera

Occupy Lincoln Center

I wasn't able to make it to last night's Occupy Lincoln Center protest, but fortunately, Alex Ross was there, and he provides a great recap here. Philip Glass, whose Satyagraha had just

More Woes at City Opera

(photo: New York Magazine) Has everyone been following the saga at City Opera? WQXR's Brian Wise offers this recap: "New York City Opera has declared an impasse in negotiations with

Occupy Wall Street @ Lincoln Center Tonight

Apparently, the Occupy Wall Street movement is making it's way uptown tonight to Lincoln Center Plaza, where they'll be joined by Philip Glass following tonight's performance of Satyagraha at the

Recap: Performa 11

Last week, I attended several events as part of the 4th edition of Perfoma: the biennial exhibition of "visual art performance." As oxymoronic as that sounds, there was something strangely

Robert Ashley’s “That Morning Thing”

Edit: Yet another guest post, this time by Bonnie.  Like most of Robert Ashley's operas, That Morning Thing – revived for the first time in more than 40 years last week at The Kitchen - is both

Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters

What I want to know is: when the hell did Nico find time to write Dark Sisters: the two act opera currently onstage at the Gerald Lynch Theater? Just five months ago, Nico

Steve Jobs and Music

With all the accolades and remembrances choking the Web surrounding the death of Steve Jobs, surprisingly few folks have commented on the extraordinary impact Apple has had on music. There

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