Opera – Page 54

With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots

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“Omar,” composed by Giddens and Michael Abels, and based on the life a Muslim scholar sold into slavery, premieres at the Spoleto Festival USA.

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Wanda, a 15-year-old seasoned performer, is appearing in the company’s beloved and lavish “La Bohème.”

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Brett Dean, whose adaptation of the classic play is at the Metropolitan Opera, discusses the four notes that embody Hamlet’s dilemma.

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Anthony Davis’s “X” has stretches of incantation that, in person, turn it into something like a sacred rite.

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Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of the classic play is both traditional and innovative, elegant and passionate.

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The Spanish mezzo-soprano was internationally acclaimed for her dramatic performances in the works of Mozart, Rossini and Bizet.

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With a new production of Anthony Davis’s pathbreaking Malcolm X opera opening in Detroit, we are on the cusp of a broader reappraisal of his work.

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The English Concert’s performance at Carnegie Hall showed off the ensemble’s elastic responsiveness.

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At the Metropolitan Opera, Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of “Hamlet” nods to different, surprising versions of Shakespeare’s text.