The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek are making their Metropolitan Opera debut with an imaginative, moving adaptation of George Saunders’s ghostly novel.
Category: Blain-Cruz, Lileana
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‘Purple Rain,’ Packed With Prince Songs, Plans Broadway Opening
The New York Times – Music:
The musical, set to begin previews next March, is an adaptation of the 1984 film about a musician whose talent is threatened by tumult at home and at the club.
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Met Opera Announces 2026-27 Season: What We Want to See
The New York Times – Music:
Among the highlights are the world premiere of an adaptation of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and classics like “Macbeth” and “Jenufa.”
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‘Purple Rain’ Review: A Stage Musical That Misses Prince’s Charisma
The New York Times – Music:
Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
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Debut of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Musical in Minneapolis Draws Fans
The New York Times – Music:
There was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie in his hometown in Minnesota.
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Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory
The New York Times – Music:
The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.
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Costuming a Small Army of Virgins for the Met Opera’s ‘El Niño’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The challenge for Montana Levi Blanco, the Tony-winning costume designer for John Adams’s oratorio, was how to keep straight so many Marys.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz Directs ‘El Niño’ For Her Met Opera Debut
The New York Times – Music:
In an interview, Blain-Cruz explained why an oratorio like John Adams and Peter Sellars’s “El Niño” is more difficult to stage than the usual opera.
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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Becoming a Musical From Orin Wolf
The New York Times – Music:
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.