The New York Times – Music:
This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human voice in all its weirdness.
Category: Opera
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Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94
The New York Times – Music:
A prominent practitioner of the historically grand productions that were once fashionable at the Met, he was especially well known for his stagings of Wagner.
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Review: For the Met Opera’s ‘Tosca,’ Third Cast’s a Charm
The New York Times – Music:
The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel returned to the Met for the first time in 13 years, alongside Sondra Radvanovsky, one of the great Toscas of our time.
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Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
The New York Times – Music:
A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.
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A Night to Remember at the Opera, Complete With a Phantom
The New York Times – Music:
About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible.
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Review: Robert Ashley’s ‘Foreign Experiences’ Returns
The New York Times – Music:
Robert Ashley’s 1994 opera “Foreign Experiences,” a portrait of a paranoid mind in free fall, is part of a wave of revivals following his death.
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Review: ‘The Hours’ Returns to the Met Opera With Its Stars
The New York Times – Music:
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato reprised their roles in Kevin Puts’s adaptation of the award-winning novel and film.
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Kelli O’Hara’s Ties to Opera, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Met Stage
The New York Times – Music:
O’Hara is an unusual kind of triple threat: a star of Broadway and television who is appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in a revival of “The Hours.”