Peter Sellars

Schumann’s Genoveva at Bard; Mozart Politicized by Sellars

Schumann
Cory Weaaver
Schumann

The heat of summer seems to bring out obscure oddities plucked from the overstocked greenhouse of We  read more »

Schumann's Genoveva at Bard; Mozart Politicized by Sellars

The heat of summer seems to bring out obscure oddities plucked from the overstocked greenhouse of We  read more »

An Inner Light Extinguished: Farewell to a Great Singer

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006).
Richard Termine
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006).

I once asked the late, esteemed voice teacher Beverley Johnson what distinguished a truly great sing  read more »

Not Over Till Fat Boy Drops- Opera Takes on Los Alamos

Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions.  read more »

Not Over Till Fat Boy Drops— Opera Takes on Los Alamos

Gerald Finley as J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams
Terrence McCarthy
Gerald Finley as J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams

Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions.  read more »

A Beacon for American Music: Rooted, Rambunctious Adams

For some time now, my attendance at rock concerts has been spotty, to say the least.  read more »

An Opera Fit for Broadway: Agrippina, Deliciously Tweaked

Paul Kellogg, the New York City Opera's general director, has been eloquent about the need to reloca  read more »

Somersaults and Sinatra: State of the Recital

At an overactive Salzburg Festival production of Gluck's Iphig énie en Tauride last summer, the Ame  read more »