
Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Met is an intriguing mixed bag
Despite some infantile elements there is much to recommend this visually spectacular old favourite.
Despite some infantile elements there is much to recommend this visually spectacular old favourite.
Glimmerglass, the opera festival directed by Colaneri, is a musical Hogwarts.
Umberto Giordano’s 1898 jewel leaves you wanting more.
The Met Opera’s production of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” belongs in the knacker’s yard.
The New York Times has called for the cancellation of Puccini’s Turandot, forgetting that much of opera is based on creative fiction.
“Hojotoho heiaha!” It’s the Met’s Wagner Ring Cycle. In 2010, Peter Gelb, controversial managing director of Metropolitan Opera appointed in 2006, put his head on
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