Author Archives: Andy Manshel

Westside Story is being revived on Broadway in 2020, and tickets for all performances are on sale now – Get Westside Story Tickets here! — Read on http://www.westsidestory2020.com/home Incredible. Not to be missed.

The Met’s new production of ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’ (The Flying Dutchman) is a gloomy, static voyage.  ByHeidi WalesonMarch 4, 2020 3:08 pm ET Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” is a ghost story, but the new production that opened on Monday at the Metropolitan Opera is deadly, and not in a good way. It was surprising that …

Continue reading “Keelhauling Wagner”

Metropolitan Opera | Der Fliegende Holländer — Read on http://www.metopera.org/season/2019-20-season/der-fliegende-hollander/

An unemployed conspiracy theorist faces off against a federal agent inside a museum of Toby jugs in this ruefully humorous work at Pittsburgh Opera. ByHeidi WalesonFeb. 24, 2020 2:28 pm ET Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Opera has embraced the multitheater concept, mounting several productions each season away from the city’s traditional 2,800-seat opera house in the Benedum Center. …

Continue reading “The Last American Hammer’ Review: Standoff Satire”

Metropolitan Opera | Così fan tutte — Read on http://www.metopera.org/season/2019-20-season/cosi-fan-tutte/

Hear Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique capture the unbridled power and intensity of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, as well as his Fourth, a gentler symphony that features a finale that greatly invokes the spirit of its legendary composer. Get tickets. — Read on http://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2020/02/21/orchestre-revolutionnaire-et-romantique-0800pm

2019-20 Season: Brahms, Strauss, and Tania León — Read on nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/1920/brahms-strauss-and-tania-leon

In ‘The Mother of Us All,’ Susan B. Anthony leads the charge for women’s suffrage; in ‘Freedom Ride,’ a young black woman decides whether to openly fight segregation in interstate travel ByHeidi Waleson Feb. 12, 2020 3:21 pm ET New York Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “The Mother of Us All” (1947) is a natural …

Continue reading “Struggles for Justice Take Center Stage”

Stile Antico – Music Before 1800 — Read on mb1800.org/concert/stile-antico-2/

A new opera about the bus rides that changed the world. Directed by Tazewell Thompson. World Premiere commisioned by COT. February 8 – 16, 2020. — Read on http://www.chicagooperatheater.org/current-season/freedomride/