The New York Times – Music:
The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.
Category: Opera
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Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.
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‘Norma’ and ‘La Traviata’ Return to the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Sonya Yoncheva doesn’t fill out the long lines of “Norma” at the Met, while Angel Blue is a warm, sincere Violetta in “La Traviata.”
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Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight
The New York Times – Music:
The tenor Piotr Beczala sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role of Wagner’s opera, directed by François Girard with little subtlety.
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A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
François Girard’s staging, originally a co-production with the Bolshoi Theater, arrives a year after its Moscow premiere, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See
The New York Times – Music:
With contemporary music dominating new productions and returning in some revivals, the Met is entering a new era of programming.
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What to See This Spring in NYC: Broadway Shows, Concerts and More
The New York Times – Music:
“Life of Pi” and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here’s what we’re looking forward to this season.
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Classical Music to See and Hear in Spring 2023
The New York Times – Music:
This spring, Gustavo Dudamel, the Philharmonic’s next music director, conducts the big deal symphony, the Met Opera stages Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”; and in Chicago, Riccardo Muti says farewell.