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The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism. 

A remarkable opera about Alzheimer’s mesmerizes audience thanks to two extraordinary women “d’un certain age”.

Paul Curran's movie-Like Carmen for Opera Philadelphia

A crowd-pleaser is joined by a Szymanowski rarity to close the TSO's season. 

Everything about Tuesday evening’s concert by The Theatre of Early Music at Carnegie Hall was intimate.Today, we associate the operas of Handel with music and drama on the grandest scale. However, the performance in Weill Recital Hall gave modern audiences a glimpse into how Handel’s audiences would have consumed this music in coffee houses, concert halls, and in the home.

"Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie leben im Leipzig des 18. Jahrhunderts," entführt Dirigent Haselböck sein Publikum in die Welt von überirdisch strahlenden Klängen der Geigen, Pauken und Trompeten und des jubelnden Chors - die Welt von Bachs Kantaten.