Perhaps better than any other examination of Callas' life and career, the play 'Galas' delves into the frustration and pain that engendered her genius
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:11PMWhat a marvelous idea it was to program the operetta Candide as the centerpiece of New York City Opera’s current season. Leonard Bernstein’s most inventive score for the theater, the par…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:53AMJames Jorden's review of the most recent Met production of 'Romeo and Juliet.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:27AMNYC's LoftOpera performs "Cosi fan tutte" as an exploration of teen sexuality.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:30AMAn unfairly maligned Rossini and arias in a sculpture park round out this summer's outdoor opera programming.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:57PMPrelude to Performance not only readies opera singers for professional careers, but presents a solidly entertaining ''La Boheme' as well.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:22PMFortunately, pants-free opera is now no longer a dream or a luxury for just the few.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:22PMIt was likely the longstanding Met conductor's final live work.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:32AMIf the first weeks’ presentations seem more remarkable for good intentions than for polished results, there’s still plenty to enjoy.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:28PMOpera Orchestra of New York--known for obscure, one-off operas--really dropped the ball this time.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:39PMHopper’s Wife turned out to be the most unpleasant piece as I’ve heard since NYCO’s notorious fiasco The Dreyfus Affair, two decades ago.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:26PMA powerful take on Elektra
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:53PMThe Met's production of 'Roberto Devereux' is just the latest reminder of the institution's rough history of using flailing opera directors.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:04PMA review of the New York City Opera Renaissance's most recent production of 'Tosca.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:57PMNew opera 'Dog Days' marks the formal arrival of the three-year-old Prototype Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:36PMThe Met's 'Pecheurs de Perles' delights.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:47PMFall opera offerings in New York include the surprise revelation that Deborah Voigt can sing Gilbert & Sullivan.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:18PM7 opera picks for the fall in New York City.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:33AMIt’s not easy to pin down exactly what makes LoftOpera so unlike the myriad other small opera companies that dot New York, but whatever that disparity might be, it makes all the difference.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:39PMWhat a lot of opera queens flock to is a corner of the repertoire that can be best labeled “guilty pleasures,” pieces we all know are of dubious artistic quality—but what fun to listen!
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:35PMTwo small-scale operas offer different results
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:11AMCan a 220-year-old opera be taught new tricks? That's the goal of operamission, which, starting tonight, will present Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" in a format that's part miniseries, part town…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMAsk anyone who knows opera what an opera house's biggest challenge is, and they'll tell you: “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” This 18-hour, four-night epic, written in the mid-1800s by…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMThe loudest cheers at the Met on Monday rang out before the curtain went up on Wagner's “Das Rheingold,” the company's most expensive staging ever.A pre-show standing ovation for…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMThe newest star on Broadway is a singing, dancing cat, and Andrew Lloyd Webber has nothing to do with it.The feline in question is fairy-tale favorite Puss in Boots, or "El Gato con Botas,"…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMIn the Met's "Tales of Hoffmann," Giuseppe Filianoti plays a poet defeated by life. In reality, the 36-year-old singer's brush with tragedy had a far happier ending. The Italian tenor seemed…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMEven in the twilight of her career, Dame Joan Sutherland delivered more bang for the buck than sopranos half her age.The diva, who died yesterday at 83, played the teenage virgin Gilda in V…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMAt the close of “Boris Godunov,” a leaderless Russia churns in chaos. Happily, the Met's new production of Mussorgsky's masterpiece — despite a last-minute turnover on the …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMSaturday night's Met debut of Vittorio Grigolo in "La Bo heme" was promising enough to suggest the tenor may one day live up to his own hype. An onslaught of advance hoopla for the 33-year-…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMRoberto Alagna an swers questions even before they're asked. Strolling through Central Park the other day, chatting in lightly accented English about his performances tonight at Carnegie Ha…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:58PMYou'd think that anything written by the man who gave us “West Side Story,” “Candide” and “On the Town” would be worth at least a listen, yes? Well, despi…
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