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Bringing the Magic of ‘Fanny and Alexander’ to the Opera Stage

Bergman, Ingmar Fanny and Alexander (Movie) Fanny and Alexander (Opera) Mikael Karlsson Movies Music Opera van Hove, Ivo Vavrek, Royce

Bringing the Magic of ‘Fanny and Alexander’ to the Opera Stage

A new opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek, directed by Ivo van Hove, aims to capture the lavishness of Ingmar Bergman’s film, in half the time.

By Joshua Barone

At a Festival Amid Industrial Ruins, Ivo van Hove Takes Charge

Bochum (Germany) de Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa Harvey, P J Huller, Sandra Ruhrtriennale Serebrennikov, Kirill S van Hove, Ivo

At a Festival Amid Industrial Ruins, Ivo van Hove Takes Charge

For the Belgian director’s first edition as leader of the Ruhrtriennale, abandoned sites are “the starting point and the end point,” he says.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Review: The Met Opera’s Season Opens With ‘Dead Man Walking’

Dead Man Walking (Opera) DiDonato, Joyce Graham, Susan Heggie, Jake McKinny, Ryan McNally, Terrence Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Prejean, Helen van Hove, Ivo

Review: The Met Opera’s Season Opens With ‘Dead Man Walking’

As part of its push to stage more contemporary works, the company has turned to one of the most widely produced operas of the 21st century.

By Zachary Woolfe

Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical is Opening. How Complete Was It?

Company (Play) Eustis, Oskar Here We Are (Play) Hudson Yards (Manhattan, NY) Ives, David Lane, Nathan Lapine, James Mantello, Joe Public Theater Shed (Manhattan, NY) Sondheim, Stephen Theater Theater (Off Broadway) van Hove, Ivo

Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical is Opening. How Complete Was It?

Sondheim said days before his death in 2021 that he did not know when it would be finished, but the musical, now called “Here We Are,” begins performances Thursday.

By Michael Paulson