The New York Times – Music:
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history.
Category: Opera
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Jubilant Sykes, Celebrated Opera Singer, Is Stabbed to Death
The New York Times – Music:
After the police found the Grammy-nominated performer in his home with fatal wounds, his son was taken into custody, the authorities said.
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Review: It’s Hard to Breathe in This ‘Walküre’
The New York Times – Music:
The singers did marvelous work at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, where the director Calixto Bieito’s new staging takes place in a hellish dystopia.
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Review: A Revolution Without Poetry in the Met Opera’s ‘Chénier’
The New York Times – Music:
Umberto Giordano’s tragedy of love undone by the French Revolution has returned, but as an evening of coarse music making.
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Security Lapse Allowed Protesters to Disrupt Performance, Met Opera Says
The New York Times – Music:
Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said a security guard was absent from his post when two people climbed onstage at a performance of “Carmen.”
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Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella’ Returns to the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The latest revival of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s final opera was a night of promising debuts and mixed success.
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Daniele Rustioni, Old-School Conductor, Joins the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Daniele Rustioni is already busy as the Met’s new principal guest conductor, with three shows onstage this fall.
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Review: ‘The Monkey King’ Premieres at San Francisco Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage.