Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern
“The Hunt,” set to premiere this month in New York, mines ancient lore about unicorns, but asks questions of today. Who has power, and who has rights?
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James Jorden, Parterre Box Opera Blog Creator, Dies at 69
With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism and gossip.
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The Met’s ‘Dead Man Walking’ Goes to Sing Sing
Metropolitan Opera stars joined prisoners for a one-night-only performance of “Dead Man Walking.”
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Nancy Van de Vate, Composer and Advocate for Women in Music, Dies at 92
An American who settled in Vienna, she had a prolific career in contemporary classical music and broke gender barriers in her field.