Paris Opera – Page 2

Thomas Adès Takes a Step Toward the Classical Music Canon

As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production.

By Joshua Barone

The conductor will depart in August, the opera house said, four years ahead of schedule and after just two seasons in the job.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Among our critic’s recommendations are multiple “Ring” cycles, a premiere by Ellen Reid and the soprano Lise Davidsen in Strauss’s “Salome.”

By Joshua Barone

The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.

By Ben Miller