A jazz cabaret take on the final hours of Socrates’ life. By Heidi Waleson Feb. 15, 2022 5:04 pm ET New York In the face of death, why not celebrate life to the fullest? That’s the spirit of Taylor Mac’s “The Hang,” now playing at HERE. Its initial January performances were canceled along with the whole …
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‘Intimate Apparel’ Review: A Beautifully Stitched Opera
The operatic adaptation of Lynn Nottage’s play marries the best of its love-and-loss narrative to Ricky Ian Gordon’s musical talents in Bartlett Sher’s production. By Heidi Waleson Updated Feb. 8, 2022 8:15 pm ET New York ‘Intimate Apparel,” the touching new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage now at Lincoln Center Theater, is a …
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‘Svadba’ Review: Recorded Rites
Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Philadelphia collaborate on a film of Ana Sokolović’s work, about a group of women preparing their friend for her wedding day. By Heidi Waleson Feb. 2, 2022 5:41 pm One of the most interesting creative developments resulting from the Covid-19 shutdown of live performance is the recognition that operas can work …
‘Rigoletto’ Review: Deco Drama
Verdi’s opera gets a new staging from Bartlett Sher that moves the action to Weimar Germany in the 1920s. By Heidi Waleson Jan. 3, 2022 4:20 pm New York Amid the Omicron-related cascade of theater, dance and concert cancellations, the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve show— Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto”—went on as planned. …
‘… (Iphigenia)’ Review: A Sacrificial Character Finds Her Voice
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding team up for an operatic retelling of Euripides’ play. By Heidi Waleson Dec. 14, 2021 5:22 pm Washington Opera is about voices and foundational myths, so what better place to give a voice to the voiceless and retell myths from alternative points of view? “… (Iphigenia),” an intriguing new opera by …
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‘Eurydice’ Review: An Ancient Tale Told Anew
The Metropolitan Opera’s staging of the work by composer Matthew Aucoin and librettist Sarah Ruhl refreshes the familiar. By Heidi Waleson Nov. 24, 2021 5:54 pm New York On Tuesday, for the second time in just two months, the Metropolitan Opera presented the New York premiere of a new opera to an enthusiastic reception. If the …
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‘Fidelio’ Review: A Harsh Sentence
San Francisco Opera new production of Beethoven’s work, set in a detention facility, might leave some hoping for an early release. By Heidi Waleson Oct. 19, 2021 3:15 pm San Francisco Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” an Enlightenment paean to freedom and a celebration of the triumph of courage over tyranny, is regularly updated to reflect contemporary struggles. A …
Raising the Curtain on Your Computer Screen
While companies slowly return to in-person performances, online videos like ‘La Voix Humaine’ and ‘In Song’ continue to bring the opera house to your home. By Heidi Waleson Oct. 4, 2021 2:59 pm ETSAVEPRINTTEXTListen to articleLength 6 minutesQueue While live, indoor opera has returned in cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, other …
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‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Review: The Met Comes Blazing Back
Monday night’s performance, the first in 18 months, featured the Met’s first-ever opera by a Black composer: a stage adaptation of the memoir by Charles M. Blow. By Heidi Waleson Updated Sept. 29, 2021 6:58 pm New York Opening night of the Metropolitan Opera on Monday was a major event: The country’s largest opera company returned …
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