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Washington National Opera marches onward with a joyous Treemonisha
A vibrant new production of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha at Washington National Opera underscores the opera’s enduring message of education, community and social justice.
The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival
An attractive supporting cast isn't sufficient to bring this revival of David Alden's Ballo in maschera to life in New York.
Marin Alsop celebrates the American melting pot in Philadelphia
The program paired works of two living female composers with a suite of selections from Porgy and Bess, featuring star soprano Angel Blue.
Washington National Opera's merry take on Mozart's Magic Flute
Could The Magic Flute be the next Nutcracker? A child-friendly take on the classic in a mash-up of pyramids and petticoats.
An unexpected Met debut in Roméo et Juliette
Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette returns to the Met.
Exciting, loud Fanciulla opens NYCO season
Whenever a relative opera novice or occasional toe-dipper tells me how he or she cried at the end of La bohème, I want to send them to La fanciulla del West. Of course I choke up at the end of Bohème – who doesn't? – but for a good bawling session, the fabulously maudlin finale of Fanciulla is the place to be. The plot doesn't bode well.