Opera Doesn’t Have to Be for Elites. Here’s Why.
If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed.
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‘As Living as Opera Can Get’: John Cage’s Anarchic Anti-Canon
In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit.
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In Detroit, an Opera Leader Finishes With One Last Triumph
Wayne Brown, who recently retired, started his career in Detroit before returning there to run a transformed Detroit Opera.
A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met
Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday.