With standout voices and vivid numbers, perfectly comedic costumes and musical hijinks, Albert Bergeret's glorious staging made this 'Pirates' a joy from start to finish.
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Music Review: Kate Mullins Drops ‘Three Songs’ EP
'Three Songs' by Katie Mullins is not to be missed. It’s glorious!
Read More »Music Premiere: Bombay Rickey Shines on ‘Virgenes del Sol’
This remake of Yma Sumac's 1950 song is a combination of pop, Spaghetti Western, and opera not to be missed.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Emily Stern, Theater Wardrobe Pro
"Problems happen in those first days of technical rehearsals. That's when the actors, maybe in a musical, are dancing and their pants rip...It's like therapy work for the theater."
Read More »Exclusive Interview and Video Premiere: Robert Paterson, Composer of Risqué ‘Three Way’ Opera with June NYC Premiere
A dominatrix, an android companion – an opera? 'Three Way' zeroes in on the now and the near future of power and sexuality. Ahead of its NYC premiere, we talk with the composer, and debut a video excerpt.
Read More »Interview: Thomas Morse on His New Opera ‘Frau Schindler’
An exclusive interview with composer Thomas Morse on his new opera Frau Schindler, which recently opened in Germany.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Prince of Players’ by Carlisle Floyd
Floyd's music mixes modernist dissonance with classic lyricism, a recipe that the composer-librettist has mastered and fine-tuned perhaps better than anyone else.
Read More »Distorted History in ‘Bel Canto’ from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Why does the opera call these educated and thoughtful Peruvian revolutionaries "terrorists"?
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s ‘Evita’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The winner of multiple Tony Awards, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1976 musical arrives at San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre in a note-perfect production.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
W.H. Auden called Oscar Wilde's great farcical comedy "the only pure verbal opera in English." Composer Gerald Barry and The Royal Opera have taken that idea and run with it.
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