Opera – Page 2

‘We Are the Lucky Ones’ Gives Operatic Voice to a Generation

This new opera assembles a compassionate, haunting portrait of the middle class that emerged from World War II and considers what they leave behind.

By Joshua Barone

Art Classical Music Kennedy, John F, Center for the Performing Arts Opera Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government Zampolli, Paolo

Fashion? Rockets? Yachts? A Trump Ally Has Ideas for the Kennedy Center

Paolo Zampolli, a Trump appointee on the center’s board, wants the institution to host Valentino fashion shows, send art into space and open a marina and a Cipriani restaurant.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Davidsen, Lise Fang, Ying Fidelio (Opera) Flimm, Jurgen Konieczny, Tomasz Malkki, Susanna Metropolitan Opera Opera Pape, Rene

Review: With ‘Fidelio,’ the Met Opera Does What It Does Best

The Met, a magnet for star singers, flexed its muscles to stack the cast of Beethoven’s only opera, with Lise Davidsen in the title role.

By Joshua Barone

Brugger, Janai Green, Ryan Speedo Heggie, Jake Jovanovich, Brandon Melville, Herman Metropolitan Opera Moby Dick (Book) Opera Scheer, Gene

Review: A ‘Moby-Dick’ Opera at the Met Cuts the Blubber

Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera.

By Zachary Woolfe