The Italian director Damiano Michieletto has engaged, and sometimes enraged, European audiences. Now he’s preparing for his debut at a major U.S. opera company.
Category: Opera
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This Year’s Aix-en-Provence Festival Is Pierre Audi’s Last Act
This year’s edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival was planned by Audi but opened without him, following his death in May.
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In Des Moines, Big Operas and Big Ambitions Fill a Tiny Theater
Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.
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Aix Festival: How to Experience It From Afar
Many of the offerings at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France are broadcast, or they travel to other theaters. Here are some highlights.
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Peter Sellars Is Still Living His Life Through Art
The director, one of the most influential in opera, is staging new productions in New York, France and Austria this summer.
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Stuart Burrows, Welsh Lyric Tenor Who Straddled the Atlantic, Dies at 92
He was a mainstay at both the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, winning acclaim for his full tenor range and a rich, unforced tone, notably singing Mozart.
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How Lisa Laurén’s Artsy Childhood Inspires Her Sought-After Animal Heads
A sought-after textile artist applies a can-do spirit from her artsy childhood in a Swedish commune to creating animal costume heads for performers. They cost from $2,500 to $3,500.
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Telemann’s Comic Opera Was a Delight. Why Is It Ignored?
Georg Philipp Telemann’s overlooked intermezzo “Pimpinone” is being presented by the Boston Early Music Festival this weekend.
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On Smaller Opera Stages, Daring Art Has More Room to Breathe
Unlike most countries, Germany has a network of minor but generously subsidized theaters whose vitality is remarkable, and unmatched.
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Review: ‘The Comet/Poppea’ Merges Opera’s Past and Present
A Monteverdi masterpiece and a new work by George Lewis are played simultaneously in an American Modern Opera Company production at Lincoln Center.
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In ‘Lash,’ Rebecca Saunders’s First Opera, Sex Flirts With Death
Rebecca Saunders has collaborated with the artist Ed Atkins to create “Lash,” a work that hovers around themes of illness and intimacy.
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The Best Classical Music of 2025, So Far
Our critics picked nine performances that included star turns, new opera productions and the unveiling of a concert hall at the Frick Collection.