Opera Review ‘Semele’ Review: A Delicious Mashup of Genres

Harry Bicket and the English Concert return to Carnegie Hall for their annual Handel presentation. Soprano Brenda Rae and Benjamin Hulett with the English Concert and the Clarion Choir in Handel’s ‘Semele’ at Carnegie Hall Photo: © 2019 Steve J. Sherman By Heidi Waleson April 15, 2019 3:49 p.m. ET New York Since their initial …

Bound’ Review: Knowledge and Madness

The New York premiere of an opera based on the true story of a second-generation Vietnamese-American teenager who takes two jobs to support her brothers after her mother leaves the family, and is sent to jail for truancy even though she is an honor student. By Heidi Waleson April 15, 2019 3:57 p.m. ET New …