The New York Times – Music:
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.
Category: Opera
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Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing
The New York Times – Music:
The English Concert’s performance at Carnegie Hall showed off the ensemble’s elastic responsiveness.
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‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point?
The New York Times – Music:
At the Metropolitan Opera, Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of “Hamlet” nods to different, surprising versions of Shakespeare’s text.
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Ukrainian Diva Replacing Netrebko at the Met Wears Her Country’s Flag
The New York Times – Music:
The soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, replacing the Russian superstar Anna Netrebko at the Met in “Turandot,” wrapped herself in a Ukrainian flag for her curtain call.
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Dropping Anna Netrebko, the Met Turns to a Ukrainian Diva
The New York Times – Music:
The Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, replacing one of Russia’s biggest stars in “Turandot,” is using her platform to defend her country.
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Review: In ‘Lucia’ at the Met, a Modern Woman Comes Undone
The New York Times – Music:
Simon Stone’s new staging of Donizetti’s classic opera updates the work to a present-day American town — hold (some of) the madness.
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Simon Stone Stages ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
A new production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” directed by Simon Stone, sets the classic work in a fading postindustrial town.
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An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory
The New York Times – Music:
Jaromir Weinberger’s “Schwanda the Bagpiper” has been given a persuasive new production by the Komische Oper in Berlin.