The New York Times – Music:
The leaders of the Belarus Free Theater, who fled the country more than a decade ago, are helping more recent refugees to rebuild their lives while putting on a new show.
Category: Opera
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The Met Commissions an Opera About Abducted Ukrainian Children
The New York Times – Music:
The work, by the Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets and the American playwright George Brant, is inspired by the accounts of mothers whose children were taken during the war.
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New Recordings Revive James P. Johnson and Mary Lou Williams Rarities
The New York Times – Music:
A pair of new recordings bring holy grail artifacts by the composer-pianists James P. Johnson and Mary Lou Williams into the light.
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The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore
The New York Times – Music:
Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.
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John Eliot Gardiner, Famed Conductor, Accused of Hitting Singer
The New York Times – Music:
John Eliot Gardiner was accused of lashing out backstage at a singer who had headed the wrong way off a podium during a performance of Berlioz’s opera “Les Troyens.”
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Renata Scotto Spun an Actor’s Insight Into Vocal Gold
The New York Times – Music:
The Italian soprano’s dramatic acumen and hard-to-characterize voice brought a range of classic opera heroines vividly and emotionally to life.