“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 […]
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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
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."
For Herbert Breslin
(Photo: Norman Lebrecht) "He was an old-fashioned music-biz rogue who came out of the motor industry and knew all the tricks of the trade. Many felt the lash of his
News from City Opera
As we've suspected for the better part of a year now, NY City Opera will be staking out its home over the next three seasons at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera
Manhattan School of Music Presents Corigliano’s ‘The Ghosts of Versailles’
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Carol Rosegg Despite an expensive and acclaimed première at the Metropolitan Opera in 1991, John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles has received very little
Frank van Aken Makes Last-Minute Met Debut in Die Walküre
Eva-Maria Westbroek and Frank van Aken from the 2010 Frankfurt Opera production of Die Walkure There's something about Wagner and tenors that seems to bring about dramatic Met Opera debuts. First,
The Met’s Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung
by Angela Sutton Photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera Wagner's epic opera cycle hurtled to its fiery conclusion on Tuesday night at the Met, with the final installment, Götterdämmerung. Alberich's
The Met’s Ring Cycle: Siegfried
by FoMKen Howard/Metropolitan Opera Yesterday's performance of Siegfried at the Met – the third segment of this season's first complete Ring cycle - was stunning in every sense of the word: musically, visually, theatrically. The