“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival
What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 16th Jan 2020 | Dramaturgy, New York, Prototype 2020, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Religion, United States of America
What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...
Read MorePosted by Clement Lee | 6th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Dramaturgy, Essay, Hong Kong, Theatre and Opera
This excerpt of the article is originally written in Chinese by the author. Full article will be...
Read MorePosted by Alastair Blanshard | 30th Dec 2019 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Opera
Orpheus and Eurydice, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The story of...
Read MorePosted by Yulia Savikovskaya | 1st Dec 2019 | Finland, Review, Theatre and Opera
Just as the first signs of autumn begin to take over the glorious summer (shorter sunsets,...
Read MorePosted by Antigoni Gaitana | 23rd Nov 2019 | Greece, New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Since Dimitris Papaioannou is a relatively unknown creator to the American audience, I feel...
Read MorePosted by Yulia Savikovskaya | 17th Nov 2019 | Finland, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Opera
Ballet Alice in Wonderland, and operas Carmen, Die Tote Stadt, and Das Rheingold. At the Finnish...
Read MorePosted by Yulia Savikovskaya | 14th Nov 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom
Love seems to have preoccupied the planning team of the 2019/2020 season: it rushes on stage in so...
Read MorePosted by James Montaño | 9th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble at ArtsEmerson When the Isango Ensemble plays—on only eight...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Hernández | 22nd Oct 2019 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Opera
Summer in Europe is the time for performing art festivals. Avignon in France or Edinburgh in...
Read MorePosted by Zolima Citymag | 19th Oct 2019 | China, Hong Kong, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Politics
Three years before the Xiqu Centre opened as Hong Kong’s first purpose-built center for Chinese...
Read MorePosted by Agata Araszkiewicz | 11th Oct 2019 | Afghanistan, Belgium, Essay, Poland, Theatre and Opera
Opera is filled with tales of violence. Its whole history relies on great passions tragically...
Read MorePosted by Xunnan Li | 9th Oct 2019 | China, Interview, Theatre and Opera
Interview with Shule Li: A Chinese Director of Pythonland (2016) Shule Li is most recently known...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Sep 2019 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 17th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United States of America
My instinct is to describe Looking at You, the new opera from librettist Rob Handel, composer...
Read MorePosted by Howard Pollack | 14th Jun 2019 | Essay, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Born into poverty in Richmond, Virginia, John Latouche (1914-1956) even as a youth established...
Read MorePosted by Romy König | 11th Jun 2019 | Germany, News, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Opera
Choreographer Sasha Waltz has added a chapter to the history of dance with choreographic opera. It...
Read MorePosted by Janelle Lawrence | 10th Jun 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Representation within opera has always been thin; The Impossible She stood to try to expand those...
Read MorePosted by Zabrina Lo | 14th May 2019 | Hong Kong, News, Theatre and Opera
Being one of China’s Three Tenors meant that Easter was no holiday for Warren Mok. The opera giant...
Read MorePosted by Megan McCormick | 13th May 2019 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Hilarious, energetic, and engaging, Mass Opera’s Die Fledermaus was pure joy from start to...
Read MorePosted by Megan McCormick | 11th Apr 2019 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
Classical opera is a wonderful art form because, in so many ways, it is timeless. The music may be...
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