THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN OPERA IS HERE I shudder when the time comes to see a "New American Opera." The majority of new works are frustratingly inaccessible. Instead of reinventing opera, most composers stick with the same non-melodic minimalist recitative while librettists get more wrapped up in poeticism (such as repeating phrases for unfathomable reasons) […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:02PM on October 26, 2015