Classical Beat: opera


Posted at 03:42 PM ET, 04/19/2013

Of revivals and rebirths: Tavener in DC, Aspern Papers in Dallas
By Anne Midgette
John Tavener in DC, “The Aspern Papers” in Dallas, and the question of adaptation in opera.

By Anne Midgette  |  03:42 PM ET, 04/19/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  City Choir of Washington, Dallas Opera

Posted at 05:21 PM ET, 02/10/2013

The other East Coast opera: Philly offers “Silent Night”
By Anne Midgette
The Philadelphia Opera presents the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize

By Anne Midgette  |  05:21 PM ET, 02/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Opera Philadelphia, Pulitzer Prize

Posted at 11:50 PM ET, 02/04/2013

Wolf Trap goes Italian for 2013
By Anne Midgette
The redoubtable summer festival sets its sights on the bicentenarian Giuseppe Verdi.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:50 PM ET, 02/04/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Wolf Trap Opera

Posted at 03:38 PM ET, 01/24/2013

Your call: review assignments from readers
By Anne Midgette
Readers have picked the five classical concerts in D.C. they’d review this weekend. I chose differently.

By Anne Midgette  |  03:38 PM ET, 01/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Opera Lafayette, InSeries, National Philharmonic, WPAS

Posted at 12:02 PM ET, 10/24/2012

Review: Ades’s “Tempest” comes to Met stage.
By Anne Midgette
The Metropolitan Opera brings Thomas Ades’s “The Tempest” to the stage in Robert Lepage’s cliched, circusy production.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:02 PM ET, 10/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Met opera

Posted at 11:13 PM ET, 10/11/2012

The return of the native: Levine back at Met?
By Anne Midgette
The Metropolitan Opera claims James Levine will conduct a May concert and three productions in the 2012-13 season.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:13 PM ET, 10/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Metropolitan Opera

Posted at 04:54 AM ET, 09/25/2012

Met season opener: ‘L’Elisir,’ reviewed
By Anne Midgette
Preliminary coverage of opening night at the Metropolitan Opera.

By Anne Midgette  |  04:54 AM ET, 09/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Metropolitan Opera

Posted at 10:51 AM ET, 08/20/2012

Opera: great personalties, bad actors
By Anne Midgette
What I’m missing in opera today doesn’t have to do with acting. It has to do with personality: that intangible something that makes you want to experience a singer again, and again, and again.

By Anne Midgette  |  10:51 AM ET, 08/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  opera, acting

Posted at 12:55 PM ET, 07/08/2012

Reviews: after the storms
By Charles T. Downey
Charles T. Downey looks in on some performances that had to be rescheduled due to loss of (electrical) power.

By Charles T. Downey  |  12:55 PM ET, 07/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Charles T. Downey, Wolf Trap Opera

Posted at 04:45 PM ET, 05/23/2012

Crowdsourcing Met HD, Part I
By Anne Midgette and William Grote
Two readers respond to the Metropolitan Opera’s HD broadcast of Verdi’s “La traviata,” with Natalie Dessay.

By Anne Midgette and William Grote  |  04:45 PM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Metropolitan Opera

Posted at 05:24 PM ET, 03/15/2012

News and notes
By Anne Midgette
Tidbits from around the web: an interview with Christina Pluhar of L’Arpeggiata; the Met Opera continues to expand its technological portfolio with a new iPad app; the winner of a Philadelphia opera company’s “American Idol” for composers.

By Anne Midgette  |  05:24 PM ET, 03/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Charles T. Downey, Met Opera

Posted at 11:56 AM ET, 02/06/2012

Glass in Virginia: two opera companies offer audiences more to love
By Anne Midgette
The composer Philip Glass marked his 75th birthday last week with, among other things, the release and US premiere of his 9th symphony. But the biggest commemoration in this area comes from the Virginia Opera, which brings “Orphee” to Fairfax this coming weekend. In a recent article, I offered a brief overview of Virginia’s two, count them, opera companies.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:56 AM ET, 02/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Philip Glass, Virginia Opera