In Cooperstown, N.Y., fans of the Glimmerglass Festival, a celebration of music, are finding it hard to compete for hotel space with other fans there to watch a legend — their 12-year-old.
Category: Opera
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British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism
The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.
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Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility
Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also deeply human.
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‘Mars’ Takes A.I., Pronatalism and Hustle Culture to Space
Jennifer Walshe and Mark O’Connell’s ideas-heavy “Mars” premieres at the Irish National Opera.
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Gilda Cruz-Romo, Operatic Soprano Celebrated for Her Power, Dies at 85
Critics praised the natural way she used her voice to inject character into her roles. She had, one wrote, a sound “perfect for Verdi and Puccini.”
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Opera Company Teatro Nuovo Operates Like Bel Canto Camp
Teatro Nuovo, which trains musicians in bel canto style, returns with productions of a rare “Macbeth” and “La Sonnambula.”
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The Gift of a New Opera House, With a Grim Family History Attached
A billionaire will fund the construction of a new home for the Hamburg State Opera. But questions linger over his company’s actions during World War II.
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Renée Fleming, Star Soprano, Tries Out the Director’s Chair
Fleming is making her directorial debut in Colorado working with young artists on Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte,” an opera in which she appeared early in her career.
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A New ‘Billy Budd’ Opera Premieres at the Aix Festival
An adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera, in turn based on Melville’s classic novella, joins a lineage of beautiful enigmas.
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A New Era at the Berlin State Opera Begins With Strauss
Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the general music director of the Berlin State Opera is the rarity “Die Schweigsame Frau.”
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Salzburg Festival Welcomes Peter Eotvos’ Opera “Three Sisters”
Peter Eotvos’s “Three Sisters,” based on the 1900 play by Anton Chekhov, is at the festival this year for the first time.
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Asmik Grigorian Brings “A Diva Is Born” to the Salzburg Festival
Asmik Grigorian will return to the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth” and present her pop-infused comic recital “A Diva Is Born.”