The New York Times – Music:
“Apartment House 1776,” written for the United States’ bicentennial, is getting an immersive new production with a skeptical twist.
Category: Detroit Opera
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A Bold Alliance Ends as Innovative Opera Director Bows Out in Detroit
The New York Times – Music:
Yuval Sharon will leave the financially strained Detroit Opera after this season. In March, he brings his unorthodox vision to Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera.
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‘As Living as Opera Can Get’: John Cage’s Anarchic Anti-Canon
The New York Times – Music:
In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit.
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In Detroit, an Opera Leader Finishes With One Last Triumph
The New York Times – Music:
Wayne Brown, who recently retired, started his career in Detroit before returning there to run a transformed Detroit Opera.
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A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday.
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Reimagining ‘Madame Butterfly,’ With Asian Creators at the Helm
The New York Times – Music:
As opera houses rework Puccini’s classic, criticized for stereotypes about women and Japanese culture, artists of Asian descent are playing a central role.
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Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Osvaldo Golijov’s poetic 2003 work is being presented in a new production at Detroit Opera that will travel to the Met.
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Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony Davis’s “X” has stretches of incantation that, in person, turn it into something like a sacred rite.