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Nuit sans aube, opéra sans cœur de Pintscher à l’Opéra-Comique
Inspiré d'un conte fantastique de Wilhelm Hauff, l'opéra présenté pour la première fois en français laisse l'auditeur sur sa faim, en raison d'une écriture musicale lassante et d'une dramaturgie insaisissable.
Pintscher’s Das kalte Herz premieres at Staatsoper Unter den Linden
On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.
Così fantastic: Mozart at Tanglewood
A memorable night at the opera as Andris Nelsons conducts Così fan tutte at the Tanglewood Festival.
Opera Philadelphia's La Voix humaine is a portrait of a lady on fire
Stripped of melodramatic excess, soprano Patricia Racette and director James Darrah craft a portrait of a desperate, lonely woman that is uncomfortably, thrillingly human.
Boston Lyric Opera falls into strange intersections with Glass and Poe
Director James Farrah and writer Raúl Santos' realization of Glass’ Fall of the House of Usher is a work of unbridled creativity, an engrossing film which might have benefited from a bridle.
Forsythe a truly overwhelming Semele at Festival O
James Darrah stages Handel's sensual oratorio for Festival O, a feast of wonderful singing.