Prototype Festival: “Mary Motorhead/Trade” and “In Our Daughter’s Eyes”
It has been so challenging to write these reviews of three recent works presented as part of the...
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Theatre and Opera
“Trade/Motorhead” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
A double bill by Irish composer Emma O’Halloran and her uncle, librettist Mark O’Halloran,...
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“Undine” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
Undine is a three-act animated opera composed by Stefanie Janssen and Michaël Brijs. The pandemic...
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“In Our Daughter’s Eyes” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
In Our Daughter’s Eyes, composed by Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun and librettist Michael...
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“note to a friend” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera...
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“Morning//Mourning” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
Gelsey Bell’s Morning//Mourning is a quirky, experimental opera that defies categorization. It is...
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The 90-Minute MacGuffin: “Four Saints in Three Acts”
The opera Four Saints in Three Acts’ astonishingly successful run on Broadway in 1934 was the most...
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“Murat IV” Opera to tell Ottoman Sultan’s Story in Istanbul
Turkish opera’s great master, composer, and conductor Okan Demiriş’s ‘Murat...
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Farrah El Dibany: First Egyptian and Arab to Perform at Paris Opera
I’m honored to be recognized by Egyptian and French presidents, says El Dibany. Egpytian...
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Int’l Istanbul Opera Festival to Start in July with Captivating Shows
The festival will commence with the “7 Tenor” concert on July 16 and close with a...
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“Penelope”: A Fresh Take on Homer’s Classic Epic Poem
The new musical Penelope by the York Theatre Company was a fresh and hilarious comedic take on...
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Cut From Different Cloth: “Intimate Apparel” at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
I went to the new opera Intimate Apparel because the 2003 play it was made from is one of my...
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“Borderland, maldita cabeza,” Mental Health Debate Enters into the Limits of a New Opera
A contemporary opera has conquered one of the oldest and prettiest theaters in Spain. It is titled...
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Met Opera Actors Wink at Velazquez’s Well-known Painting
It is “Don Carlos” season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with the final...
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Opera on Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to be Staged in Istanbul
The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet performed the Italian opera of Bajazet, which revolves around...
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A Celebration of Wondering: “The Hang” is a Party You Won’t Want to Miss
Vibrant, thought-provoking, invigorating, and brimming with talent, “The Hang,” with book and...
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Teaching Music Online in the Pandemic Has Yielded Creative Surprises, Like Mixing “Blob Opera” and Beatboxing
Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical...
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The Music of Words: The Metropolitan Opera’s “Eurydice”
If you’ve never seen an opera before, start here. If you’ve seen a ton of opera before, re-start...
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New Opera “Yuzuru” Cautions Against the Dangers of Capitalism
For his first foray into the realm of opera, dramatist Toshiki Okada is tackling Ikuma Dan’s...
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A New Staging of Enesco’s “OEdipe” at Paris Opera by Wajdi Mouawad
It’s been nearly 100 years since George Enesco’s Œdipe (Oedipus) was created to much success on...
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