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Christopher CorwinObserver |
Opera as bloodsport? Well, not exactly, but most ambitious young opera singers will spend much of their twenties vying for cash in singing...
Rarely has a tenor appeared so in love with his soprano!
Returning from its month-long winter hiatus the Metropolitan Opera offered audiences a pair of Italian masterpieces in productions that couldn’t...
Returning from its month-long winter hiatus the Metropolitan Opera offered audiences a pair of Italian masterpieces in productions that couldn’t...
In recent years, the Met has closed its doors for a month toward the end of January sparking mid-winter blues among opera lovers. Last week Carnegie...
While its current season features well-loved, decades-old productions of La Bohème, Turandot and Tannhäuser, the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s...
In December, concert halls and churches ring with baroque music, especially Handel’s. But this year along with the composer’s ubiquitous Messiah,...
As commemorations of Maria Callas’ centenary continue, Medea operas dominate the 2023-24 season.
More than thirty-six years after its world premiere at New York City Opera, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X finally made the short trip across...
Audiences wanting to hear Schwanengesang ordinarily would visit a concert hall presenting a baritone and his pianist performing on a bare stage....
The venues couldn’t have been more different: the Metropolitan Opera’s enormous 3,800-seat auditorium welcomed Lise Davidsen, while the Park...