A puppet Gulliver, a powerful poem by Stanley Kunitz, and an android tenor add up to a grand evening of opera and solo voice.
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Exclusive Interview: Conductor Gerard Schwarz on World Premiere of Michael Dellaira Opera ‘The Leopard’ (‘Il Gattopardo’) with Frost Opera and Symphony
The world-renowned conductor spoke with us about the upcoming world premiere, in which he leads student musicians and singers along with professionals.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Heartbeat Opera Confronts America’s Racial Reckoning Through Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’
A stunning adaptation that addresses America's 21st-century racial reckoning.
Read More »Interview: Wray Armstrong and Evita Zhang of Armstrong Music & Arts on Bridging the China-West Cultural Divide
As it manages artists and tours the agency works to facilitate cross-cultural exchange of music, opera, dance and more while building careers.
Read More »Opera-Theater-Dance Review: ‘Messy Messiah’ by Heartbeat Opera
A first-rate, meticulously crafted operatic holiday revue with glorious singing and dancing, just what we need in dark times.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Teatro Nuovo’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ Outdoors at Lincoln Center
Opera returned to NYC with a superb semi-staged production outdoors at Lincoln Center starring an array of excellent, big-voiced up-and-comers.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Icons/Idols: In the Purple Room’ from the Byzantine Choral Project
Wonderful music and atmospheric, immersive sets make Icons/Idols: In the Purple Room a compelling step toward live theater's return.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Maestro David Stern on Opera Fuoco’s ‘Figaro in the City’ and Palm Beach Opera’s Live-Audience Return
The conductor spoke with us about reimagining opera for a young video-obsessed generation, and about the challenges and rewards of staging live opera with an audience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Review: Boundary-Stretching Opera and Song Cycles at Prototype Festival
Three productions stretched the boundaries of the opera and the song cycle at this year's Prototype Festival.
Read More »Beijing Music Festival Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic with Innovative, Diverse, 10-Day Online Streaming Program
One of the world's most prestigious music festivals goes online this year with 240 hours of diverse programming with the theme "The Music Must Go On."
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