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Gabrielle FerrariObserver |
John Adams’ other operas are about history, twentieth-century history to be more exact, and the men at the center of explosive, polarizing events:...
Heartbeat Opera, known for their innovative and often provocative restagings of opera classics, celebrated their company’s tenth season with their...
Puccini started La Rondine the year before the First World War broke out. By the time he finished in 1916, Italy had not only entered the war but...
It feels like a Disney version of history, trafficking entirely in musical, poetic and dramatic clichés.
The late James Jorden, Observer’s opera critic from 2014 through 2021, once wrote: “Season after season, PROTOTYPE introduces to New York pieces...
Moving from a bacchanalian orgy to a singing competition turned slut shaming session to sexless death and Christian repentance, Tannhäuser advances...
The Metropolitan Opera’s current production of Daniel Catán and Marcela Feuntes-Berain’s Florencia en el Amazonas is the first opera in Spanish...
Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera is a story where everyone knows what will happen, but no one can stop it. A brash and naïve king called Gustavo visits...
The Hunt begins with an audition. The job posting: “King seeks spotless maiden for the hunt of the unicorn, whose conquest will bring riches to our...
In a smartly conceived, tightly written and beautifully sung ninety minutes, Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch riff on the story of Nellie...
Jake Heggie and librettist Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking has shown considerable staying power since its premiere in 2000. In some ways, this...