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Malcolm X reaches the Met Opera at a crucial time
Anthony Davis’ groundbreaking opera, with a jazz band in the middle of the orchestra and a book that focuses more on crises than victories, proves hard to see as an heroic tale.
Opera in Jazz: Terence Blanchard's Champion
Washington National Opera continues its cycle of social justice operas.
Champion at Opera Parallele: strong, but no knockout
Opera Parallele's production of Terence Blanchard's Champion: An Opera in Jazz features great performances but an uneven score and spotty blocking.
New York City Opera brings Telemann's Orpheus back from the dead
The New York City Opera has spent the season reinventing itself from a large company with a large theater to a peripatetic one presenting small works. Perhaps it was apt that they closed their season with Telemann’s Orpheus.