Thursday, October 25, 2012
Like the Shakespeare play it’s based on, Thomas Adès’ opera “The Tempest” is set on an enchanted island. But even with a starry cast singing its Met premiere Tuesday, this 2004 piec…
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Is “Elsewhere,” a new multimedia piece devised by cellist Maya Beiser, really an opera?
Not quite. For one thing, only in the show’s second half is there singing — from bracing vocal…
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ALMOST an hour to complete a set change? At the Met’s revival of “Turandot” Wednesday, it was worth the wait.
When the curtain finally rose on Act 2 of Puccini’s fairy tale, the audi…
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Just as the love potion in “L’Elisir d’Amore” turns out to be cheap red wine, the Met’s new production of this Donizetti opera offers no magic, just a momentary buzz.
The singing o…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:23PMJUST as the love potion in “L’Elisir d’Amore” turns out to be cheap red wine, the Met’s new production of this Donizetti opera offers no magic, just a momentary buzz.
The singing o…
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Considering one of the season’s star singers is a plus-size female impersonator, opera this fall is anything but a drag.
It starts tonight with a bang at BAM, with the 1976 “Einstein on …
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Like New Yorkers, opera tends to flee the city in summer. But a taut production of “Dialogues of the Carmelites” by dell’Arte Opera Ensemble offers a reason to brave a steamy August we…
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Sometimes an obscure opera is revived, and everyone hails a lost masterpiece. Other times — as with Chabrier’s “Le Roi Malgré Lui” at Bard SummerScape — you realize posterity had …
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Nature cooperated Wednesday night for the Metropolitan Opera’s opening recital at Central Park SummerStage, with balmy temperatures, mild humidity, even a gentle breeze.
Only the singers w…
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Summertime, and the listening is easy, often outdoors and sometimes even free.
On the other hand, on a humid July night, it’s nice to escape the city for the opera up north — at the Cara…
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A gloomy, middle-aged immigrant becomes “The Most Happy Fella” in Frank Loesser’s much-loved 1956 musical. But the audience for the Dicapo Opera’s spunky new revival has plenty to be…
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Who wants to live forever?
According to Janacek’s “The Makropulos Case,” which opened at the Met Friday, the answer is “nobody” — least of all the opera’s leading lady, Emilia…
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Some days you can feel like a hero just getting out of bed in the morning.
That’s the message of Gotham Chamber Opera’s delightful production of “Il Sogno di Scipione,” which opened …
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An understudy saved the show at the Met’s “La Traviata” Friday night, but no star was born.
Jumping into the role of Violetta, the self-sacrificing courtesan in Verdi’s tragedy, was …
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When the hard-partying heroine of Massenet’s “Manon” hits bottom, she literally lands in the gutter. But only when Anna Netrebko’s character sank into her downward spiral Monday nigh…
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When Verdi’s “Macbeth” returned to the Met Thursday night, miscasting doomed the revival as surely as any witch’s curse.
This 1865 opera should be a surefire hit, pairing Verdi’s p…
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A revival of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” arrived at the Met Monday night without fanfare, but its world-class singing should make it a sleeper hit.
In this romantic comedy, the …
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In a season of high-profile duds like “Don Giovanni” and “The Ring,” the Met has found a winner in a dark horse, Mussorgsky’s moody “Khovanshchina.”
The opera — loosely trans…
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No tenors, no arias, no orchestra pit, no plot. Can “You, My Mother”really be called an opera?
Yes, it can! Despite the lack of traditional trappings, this new work by downtown troupe Tw…
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No tenors, no arias, no orchestra pit, no plot. Can “You, My Mother” really be called an opera?
Yes, it can! Despite the lack of traditional trappings, this new work by downtown troupe T…
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After the mishaps and delays that have plagued Robert Lepage’s production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle at the Met, the most suspenseful part of the final installment was waiting for the …
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Opera takes its inspiration from all sorts of sources: plays, novels, even real life. But Kamala Sankaram’s “Miranda” must be the first to meld science fiction, a murder mystery and re…
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Opera takes its inspiration from all sorts of sources: plays, novels, even real life. But Kamala Sankaram’s “Miranda” must be the first to meld science fiction, a murder mystery and re…
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A superstar tenor, a bouquet of baroque arias and a stageful of eye-popping sets make a less than magical evening at the Met’s “The Enchanted Island.”
If the title’s unfamiliar, that…
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Naughty? Check. Nice? Check. Impossible to shop for? Sigh . . . check.
How about the gift of opera? A performance at the Met or one of the city’s smaller companies has it all — music, sp…
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In an unlikely venue — a converted gymnasium off Avenue B — one of New York’s newest opera companies is keeping musical tradition alive.
On the 99-seat Connelly Theatre’s postage sta…
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An atomic explosion kicked off the last act of Gounod’s “Faust” Tuesday at the Met, but the production as a whole was more dud than bomb.
This sentimental French melodrama about an eld…
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Rumors were that an “Occupy”-something group would disrupt Wednesday night’s US premiere of “Kommilitonen!” But the Juilliard Opera performance went off without offstage fireworks,…
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Five women singing together: That’s an opera fan’s idea of heaven. And though Nico Muhly’s “Dark Sisters” doesn’t quite reach celestial heights, Wednesday’s premiere offered th…
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Mahatma Gandhi seems an unlikely operatic hero, but the Met’s production of Philip Glass’ “Satyagraha,” revived on Friday, is a masterpiece of musical and visual art.The 1980 opera m…
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