Viva the Absurd: 'What to Wear' and a Wave of Opera Surrealism by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman's "What to Wear" at BAM is a visually rich, textually odd work " and a hot commodity.

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Review: 'The Counterfeit Opera' on Little Island Falls Short by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

At Little Island, "The Counterfeit Opera" falls short of its wildly successful historical models.

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In Hospitals and Hospices, 'Music as Care' Offers a New Kind of Comfort by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of care.

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Kathryn Lewek Reigns as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's 'Magic Flute' by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

Kathryn Lewek has made a specialty of singing the showstopping role in Mozart's "The Magic Flute." "It's my security blanket," she said.

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Review: William Kentridge's Collaged Fever Dream of Shostakovich by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

Kentridge's film played over Shostakovich's 10th symphony at a New York Philharmonic concert led by Keri-Lynn Wilson.

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Review: Philharmonic Pays Tribute to Schoenberg by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

The New York Philharmonic under Matthias Pintscher brought dramatic urgency to "Pelleas und Melisande" in commemoration of the composer's 150th birthday.

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'Make Noise Enough': Excavating Shakespeare's Songs by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed to transmit how it should sound.

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Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

A new project is producing sign language covers of 10 seminal musical works recorded by Black female artists.

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Rolf Hochhuth, Who Challenged a Pope's Wartime Silence, Dies at 89 by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

His play "The Deputy," from 1963, took issue with Pius XII's stance toward Nazi atrocities and caused a furor. "The theater," Susan Sontag wrote, "is courtroom."

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Reimagining 'West Side Story' With Voices From Across New York by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

The chorus in Carnegie Hall's new production includes participants from its Somewhere Project, an outreach program exploring what this musical means to New Yorkers today.

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Debut for 'Doubt' at Minnesota Opera by Corinna Da Fonseca-wollheim

John Patrick Shanley discusses how he was allowed to express a lot of feelings in the opera version of his award-winning play "Doubt," which will have its premiere at the Minnesota Opera thi…

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