On May 2, 2025, Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center Opera House under the direction of Tomer Zvulun and…
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Making a concert program is always a question of mix and match because each piece has to stand on its…
South African artist William Kentridge’s latest work, “The Great Yes, The Great No,” is a chamber opera inspired by a…
Washington Concert Opera led by the estimable Anthony Walker treated an enthusiastic audience to a magnificent production of Mozart’s La…
Completed in 1887, “Morgiane, ou Le sultan d’Ispahan,” by composer Edmond Dédé and librettist Louis Brunet received its world premiere…
The last time Pakistani-American singer and composer Arooj Aftab performed at Bing Concert Hall, she was 19. For that performance,…
It is a rare treat to be able to critique an opera from a straight forwardly dramatic point of view….
“Dilate the rainbow space raucous in time,
Ionized laughter, clock’s fury to murder absent
. Cut off my head, its figure…
I had no idea Der Rosenkavalier was a breakup story. At Santa Fe Opera’s sumptuous, brightly-colored production, the first this…
Moments before the premiere of the new opera “The Righteous,” at Santa Fe Opera, an assassination attempt was made against…
The life-force of high desert New Mexico—summer monsoon rains— almost always begins on opening weekend of the Santa Fe Opera,…
There was a sense of musical occasion for The Fabulous Philadelphians in the Marian Anderson Hall for the third annual…
Imagine how many hours alone Tracy K. Smith spent on her way to becoming the 22nd Poet Laureate of the…