JOSHUA BARONE
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Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.
The Met Opera Takes on ‘Medea’ in the Shadow of Maria Callas
The Met’s first production of Cherubini’s work, in the Italian version, opens the season. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is aware of the pressure.
Three Divas Give Voice to ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato discuss their preparations for the staged premiere of Kevin Puts’s work at the Metropolitan Opera.
John Adams, an American Master at 75
Adams, arguably our greatest living composer, has done operas inspired by recent history. In “Antony and Cleopatra,” he turns to Shakespeare.
Andrew Holleran’s Work Has Traced the Arc of Life. Now, He Takes on Death.
Holleran, a pioneer in gay literature for a post-Stonewall age, touches on universal themes of loss and the transience of life in his latest novel,...
Two Musicians of Color Are Creating Their Own Space
“Everything Rises,” by the violinist Jennifer Koh and the singer Davóne Tines, mines their experiences in the white-dominated classical music field.
Lise Davidsen and Nina Stemme Star in ‘Elektra’ at the Met
At the Metropolitan Opera, Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen are a blazing pair as sisters in a revival of Strauss’s work.
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