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Kaminsky’s transgender opera “As One” makes a poignant and remarkable premiere – Sep 06, 2014
American Opera Projects has produced a number of significant new pieces […]
Met and musician unions agreed to share the pain – Aug 20, 2014
[UPDATE: On Tuesday the Met also reached an agreement with IATSE […]
Met reaches agreement with musicians union and chorus – Aug 18, 2014
The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement early Monday morning with the […]
Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra wrap 80th season with resounding Ravel and a Bolcom premiere – Aug 17, 2014
After a summer that began with several rain-drenched concerts, the Grant […]
Philharmonia Baroque’s “Teseo” teeters between broad comedy, deeper emotions at Tanglewood – Aug 16, 2014
It took a while to realize it, but what Nicholas McGegan, […]
Grant Park Music Festival to wrap season with Bill Bolcom premiere – Aug 12, 2014
As the musical organization in Chicago most committed to works of […]
Theofanidis’ “Northern Lights” premiere proves less than the sum of its multimedia parts – Aug 10, 2014
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who […]
Santa Fe Opera’s leaden “Dr. Sun Yat-sen” leaves one hungry for more musical substance – Aug 09, 2014
When Santa Fe Opera decided to pull the plug on the […]
Stravinsky and Mozart make colorful music together in Santa Fe Opera double bill – Aug 08, 2014
Santa Fe Opera had a special connection to Igor Stravinsky in […]
The personal is political in Santa Fe’s incendiary border-crisis “Carmen” – Aug 07, 2014
Santa Fe Opera’s new production of Carmen is the third staging […]
