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Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars

Britten, Benjamin Car, Nicole (1985- ) Carter, Nicholas Clayton, Allan Graves, Denyce Metropolitan Opera Opera Peter Grimes (Opera) Plachetka, Adam

Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars

Allan Clayton brings pathos and terror, along with energy where it’s often missing, to a revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”

By Joshua Barone

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’

Barenboim, Daniel Berlin State Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera) Kampe, Anja Kranzle, Johannes Martin Mahnke, Claudia Opera Schager, Andreas Tcherniakov, Dmitri Thielemann, Christian Villazon, Rolando Volle, Michael Wagner, Richard

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’

All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.

By Joshua Barone