“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival
What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...
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Theatre and Opera
The Dramaturgy of “The Banquet at elBulli”
This excerpt of the article is originally written in Chinese by the author. Full article will be...
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“Orpheus and Eurydice:” A Bold Reimagining Through Circus and Opera
Orpheus and Eurydice, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The story of...
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Crossing Genres and Tapping on the Subconscious: Treats of Helsinki Festival 2019
Just as the first signs of autumn begin to take over the glorious summer (shorter sunsets,...
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The Great Tamer – A Greek Choreographer’s Bam Debut
Since Dimitris Papaioannou is a relatively unknown creator to the American audience, I feel...
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Longing for New and Mysterious Worlds at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet
Ballet Alice in Wonderland, and operas Carmen, Die Tote Stadt, and Das Rheingold. At the Finnish...
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Love in 3D: Multiple Guises for L’Amour at the Royal Opera House
Love seems to have preoccupied the planning team of the 2019/2020 season: it rushes on stage in so...
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Mozart by Way of Cape Town
The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble at ArtsEmerson When the Isango Ensemble plays—on only eight...
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How to Stage an Opera? Summer Munich Opera Festival as a Role Model
Summer in Europe is the time for performing art festivals. Avignon in France or Edinburgh in...
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“Farewell My Concubine” Is Rekindling Hong Kong’s Interest in Cantonese Opera
Three years before the Xiqu Centre opened as Hong Kong’s first purpose-built center for Chinese...
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“Unknown, I Live With You”: Oppression and Song
Opera is filled with tales of violence. Its whole history relies on great passions tragically...
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Tradition and Modernity in Chinese Theatre: Interview with Shule Li, Director of “Pythonland”
Interview with Shule Li: A Chinese Director of Pythonland (2016) Shule Li is most recently known...
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“La Traviata”: The Last Masterpiece of Franco Zeffirelli, at the Arena Opera Festival
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
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HERE’s “Looking at You”: Exposure & Revelation
My instinct is to describe Looking at You, the new opera from librettist Rob Handel, composer...
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Revisiting Broadway’s Forgotten Genius, John Latouche
Born into poverty in Richmond, Virginia, John Latouche (1914-1956) even as a youth established...
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Sasha Waltz: The Opera Choreographer
Choreographer Sasha Waltz has added a chapter to the history of dance with choreographic opera. It...
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“The Impossible She” and The Evolution of Queer Stories in Opera
Representation within opera has always been thin; The Impossible She stood to try to expand those...
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Why Hong Kong Is Surprisingly Fertile Ground For Western Opera
Being one of China’s Three Tenors meant that Easter was no holiday for Warren Mok. The opera giant...
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Mass Opera’s Production Of “Die Fledermaus” Is The Life Of The Party
Hilarious, energetic, and engaging, Mass Opera’s Die Fledermaus was pure joy from start to...
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Reinforcing Patriarchal Systems Of Power In BOC’s “‘Modern’ Don Giovanni”
Classical opera is a wonderful art form because, in so many ways, it is timeless. The music may be...
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