Review: A ‘Rake’ Takes a Treasured Spot in the Opera Season
Just before the end of this milestone comeback season at the Metropolitan…
‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own
BERLIN — Samuel Mariño is a rarity in opera: a true male…
An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends
With little room for Sacks’s panorama of patients, Stollman combined some into…
With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots
After Omar arrives in America, much of the opera’s drama is channeled…
Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
DETROIT — “When a man is lost,” sings Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s…
Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera
An opera composer would need the epic gifts and epic gall of…
Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
By the looks of it, there is little in common between the…
One Opera, Three Acts, Three Different Stagings
The German lighting designer Urs Schönebaum, a frequent collaborator with Robert Wilson,…
Anna Netrebko Faces Backlash in Russia After Attempt to Distance Herself From Putin
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s biggest stars, faced backlash…
