Performer: James Darrah Black

On a snowy January evening, the premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Das kalte Herz fails to warm up the Berlin public.

A memorable night at the opera as Andris Nelsons conducts Così fan tutte at the Tanglewood Festival. 

Stripped of melodramatic excess, soprano Patricia Racette and director James Darrah craft a portrait of a desperate, lonely woman that is uncomfortably, thrillingly human.