In between writing the operas Poro and Ezio, based on libretti by Metastasio, which was unusual for Handel despite the Italian’s being the foremost librettist of the age, the composer…
Countertenor Randall Scotting Releases Sparkling Fourth Album Celebrating Nicolini
Soon to be released on March 15, the new album Divine Impresario by Randall Scotting with the Academy of Ancient Music features recordings exciting and varied enough to win over…
Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Lyric Opera of Chicago
The recent performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Lyric Opera of Chicago feature an ensemble of new and familiar voices. In this production, staged originally at the…
Bel Cantanti Opera Presents Russian Opera Gala That Leaves Us Wanting More
As promised at and by the fundraiser concert of Russian art songs and arias in January, Bel Cantanti’s opera gala this year was a celebration of Russian opera, with longer…
The Britten/Piper outlier: Owen Wingrave at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
The most famous result of collaboration between Benjamin Britten and Myfanwy Piper is The Turn of the Screw (1954), arguably Britten’s most successful opera and surely the one in which…
George Jeffreys & the Birth of the English Baroque
It was completely apt that the first music heard in Solomon’s Knot’s evening dedicated to composer George Jeffreys was some Byrd: the five-part Bow thine eare, O Lord (a contrafactum…
A Revelation of Restraint: Rigoletto at the New National Theatre Tokyo
The magnificent revival of Emilio Sagi’s 2013 production of Rigoletto, seen at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, on 23 February, proved an arresting experience. While the staging remained consistent with…
IN Series and 4EYE Film Center Join Theater Alliance as Primary Partners in New Multidisciplinary Arts Hub in Southwest DC
Unique partnership is model for sustainably growing and supporting the arts in DC (Washington, DC) February 18, 2026 – IN Series and 4EYE Film Center are joining Theater Alliance as the primary partners at a new multidisciplinary arts…
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Temple to Consumerism Consolidated in English National Opera’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
First performed in Leipzig in 1930 within the shadow of the Weimar Republic, the clue to Brecht and Weill’s dystopian opera lies in its title. There was nothing in this…
Carmen at the Bastille
Stage director Calixito Bieito’s 1999 production of Carmen made its way to the Opéra Bastille in 2017, one year after its performances in San Francisco, and three years after its…