The movie scenes, TV episodes, song lyrics and other moments that reporters, critics, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
Category: Opera
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How a Soprano With Dyslexia Rose to the Heights of Opera
Elza van den Heever, a star of “Die Frau Ohne Schatten” at the Metropolitan Opera, no longer sees dyslexia as a hindrance — just a different way of learning.
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Shadow of a Childless Woman: The Mythic Roots of Strauss’s ‘Frau’
What’s behind the strange emphasis on childlessness in “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” the Strauss-Hofmannsthal opera now at the Met? Look to the ancients.
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Maria Callas Photos: Getting to Know the Diva Behind ‘Maria’
The things that made Callas Callas.
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The Classical Music Our Critics Can’t Stop Thinking About
Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including performances by Davóne Tines and Lise Davidsen, and a new album by Ethan Iverson.
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Strauss’s ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ at the Metropolitan Opera
“Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” a dense ode to fertility, may not sound appealing at first. But in this performance, the fairy tale comes movingly to life.
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Bringing the Magic of ‘Fanny and Alexander’ to the Opera Stage
A new opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek, directed by Ivo van Hove, aims to capture the lavishness of Ingmar Bergman’s film, in half the time.
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Angelina Jolie Plays Opera Diva Maria Callas. We Went With Her to the Met.
Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her and the director Pablo Larraín.
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Puccini Died 100 Years Ago. So Did the Great Opera Tradition.
A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since.
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Tales of 19th-Century A.I.: Don’t Fall in Love With a Singing Robot
Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could trigger love or mania.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Meets Puccini in ‘Tosca’ at the Met
The powerhouse soprano, already a company stalwart at 37, still seems to be figuring out a character whose moods change on a dime.
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Daniele Rustioni, Fixture at the Met Opera, Will Be Its Guest Conductor
Beginning next fall, Rustioni will lead at least two operas each season and help provide continuity for the Met as it rebuilds after a wave of retirements.