Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
Posted inClassical Music Davidsen, Lise Emerson String Quartet Gay Guerrilla (Musical Work) Gerhaher, Christian Goosby, Randall Henri VIII (Opera) Indra's Net (Musical Work) Lara, Felipe (1979- ) LElisir dAmore (Musical Work) Lim, Yunchan Los Angeles Philharmonic Monk, Meredith Mostly Mozart Festival Netrebko, Anna New York Philharmonic Opera Saariaho, Kaija Sandbox Percussion (Music Group) Seven Pillars (Musical Work) Stranger Love (Opera) Tao of Glass (Play) Treemonisha (Opera) Two Thousand Twenty Three Uchida, Mitsuko Wang, Yuja (1987- ) War and Peace (Opera) Wozzeck (Opera)

Best Classical Music Performances of 2023

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
Has Scott Joplin’s ‘Thoroughly American’ Opera ‘Treemonisha’ Found Its Moment?
Posted inClassical Music Dornford-May, Mark Houston Grand Opera Isango Ensemble Joplin, Scott Montgomery, Jessie (1981- ) Opera Opera Theater of St Louis Sneed, Damien Soulpepper Theater Co Treemonisha (Opera) Volcano Non-Profit Productions Inc

Has Scott Joplin’s ‘Thoroughly American’ Opera ‘Treemonisha’ Found Its Moment?

“Treemonisha” — brilliant, flawed and unfinished — is ripe for creative reimagining at a time when opera houses are looking to diversify the canon.