UPDATED to note producer and executive producer of Ai Weiwei’s Turandot. CPH:DOX, the renowned documentary festival in ...
As the Indianapolis Opera celebrates five decades, IndyStar looked back at five productions the company considers among its ...
Christina Nilsson sings an excerpt from the title character’s Act III aria in a recent performance of Michael Mayer's production of AIDA. The orchestra is conducted by Alexander Soddy.
Joseph Specter will wrap up his nine-year Arizona Opera tenure in April before taking the helm of the seminal architect's Scottsdale-based foundation.
Nilsson may be the most demure Aida ever to grace the Met stage. Her simple sheath instantly marks her as an outsider, but her regal bearing is that of a princess. Simplicity was Nilsson’s trump card, ...
There are fewer settings more grand, more exotic, more regal and opulent than ancient Egypt. So when Giuseppe Verdi, one of ...
Beyond stressing the endearing handmade quality that was part of the production as a whole, it stands out as one of the few sequences in Geremy Jasper’s overstuffed rock opera that’s ...
Opera singer Judith Kutasi (C) performs during Giuseppe Verdi’s "Aida" at New York's Metropolitan Opera. AFP Mayer's approach to the piece involves presenting it through the eyes of a team of ...
Jake Heggie’s 2010 operatic treatment certainly took up a lot of aural and visual space at its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Monday, but there was an emptiness at its heart.
What’s often lacking in a lot of contemporary opera design is depth. If you look at the recent Met Opera “Aida,” several scenes felt two-dimension due to their poor use of space. But this production ...
In addition to his Met performances, Glass has appeared with Atlanta Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Arizona Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. Mattei is expected to return for the ...
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