Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to disclose many details about Angel's Bone, Du Yun's stunning new fantasy about human trafficking, performed at Trinity Wall Street this past week as part of […]
PROTOTYPE: Angel’s Bone, Theotokia, and The War Reporter Read Post »
Among the many casualties when City Opera folded last year was their contemporary-opera lab VOX: an essential incubator for emerging composers that presented some 70-odd operas over 14 seasons. Fortunately, Beth
Preview: PROTOTYPE 2014 Read Post »
"Peter Grimes . . . is, for me, the essence of what an opera can be, and, in some senses, the high-water mark against which I have evaluated every other piece
Anthony Dean Griffey and St. Louis Symphony in Britten’s Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
Let me state this as clearly and simply as I can: Nico Muhly's Two Boys, currently onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, will be remembered as a landmark event in the history
Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera Read Post »
Logging onto City Opera's website this morning, I found this: "It is with much regret that we announce the end of our fundraising campaign on Kickstarter and the cancellation of the 2013-2014
Photo credit: Stephanie Berger City Opera may be on the brink of bankruptcy, but that didn’t keep the company from performing its guts out last weekend in the final performances
NY City Opera’s Anna Nicole at BAM’s Gilman Opera House Read Post »
Photo credit: Chris Lee, New York Philharmonic On Wednesday, I was invited to a cocktail party for music journalists on the rooftop of the Empire Hotel prior to that evening's New
Cocktail Conversation: Anthony Tommasini Read Post »
I guess indie bands and new-music ensembles aren't the only ones passing the tin cup these days. City Opera—which has had more than its share of issues over the past
City Opera Season in Jeopardy Read Post »
"With music I can open a heart/as easily as you can open a door/and reach right in." — Into the Little Hill LENOX, MA — Over the past few years, some
Tanglewood 2013: U.S. Premiere of George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” Read Post »
