Performances
Levine returns to the Met with a well sung, lightweight “Così” that misses the dark side – Sep 26, 2013
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Uneven dramatics apart, the Met opens season with a handsome new “Onegin” – Sep 26, 2013
[Editor Note: All New York reviews are now posted first on New [...]
Gritty new opera explores a Massachusetts miscarriage of justice – Sep 22, 2013
Dominic Daley and James Halligan were at the wrong place at the [...]
John Adams’ new concerto shows sax appeal in American premiere – Sep 21, 2013
By composing a saxophone concerto, John Adams has elevated the saxophone from [...]
Bad girls, Bad girls: Turnage’s witty tragedy “Anna Nicole” mirrors the looming fate of New York City Opera – Sep 20, 2013
Girls gone bad have been an operatic mainstay since the form’s fledgling [...]
Picker’s “Dolores Claiborne” a triumph for American verismo and San Francisco Opera – Sep 19, 2013
Tobias Picker’s gripping new opera, Dolores Claiborne, opened Wednesday night at San [...]
New Boston company debuts with stirring concert performance of Wagner’s “Rienzi” – Sep 16, 2013
If Boston’s new company, Odyssey Opera, was aiming to make some noise [...]
Adams’ powerful yet flawed “Mary” gospel closes Ravinia season with a Midwest premiere – Sep 10, 2013
One can’t accuse the Ravinia Festival of wrapping this summer season with [...]
Spectacle overwhelms the vocalism in San Francisco Opera’s season-opening “Mefistofele” – Sep 07, 2013
Plagued by deficits and financial shortfalls in recent years, San Francisco Opera [...]
Lang’s “Match Girl Passion” receives luminous performance at Ravinia – Aug 29, 2013
David Lang was always struck by the beauty and expressive intensity of [...]
