The New York Times – Music:
Heartbeat’s Drag Opera Extravaganza, a yearly event around Halloween, is an off-color pastiche of opera and pop culture. This year: “Queeney Todd.”
Category: Heartbeat Opera
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Louisa Proske Switches on the ‘Epic Brain’ to Direct ‘Macbeth’ at the Met
The New York Times – Music:
The rising director Louisa Proske makes her Metropolitan Opera debut with the season-opening “Macbeth,” a large-scale production that came with a ticking timer.
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Review: Heartbeat Opera Compresses Strauss’s ‘Salome’
The New York Times – Music:
Heartbeat Opera specializes in daring reductions of the classics, and this may be its most implausible undertaking yet.
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As Heartbeat Opera Reaches a Milestone, So Does Its Musical Leader
The New York Times – Music:
Dan Schlosberg, who for 10 years has adapted opera classics for the company, has written its first world premiere.
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Spotlighting Lady Macbeth’s Anguish: Can What’s Done Be Undone?
The New York Times – Music:
With radical adaptations of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” Heartbeat Opera shows why it’s so vital to New York’s music scene.