‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at London’s Royal Opera House Shines Even as It Stutters Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho stole the show. By Frances Forbes-Carbines
The Met Honors Puccini With a Scattershot Gala ‘Tosca’ The production revealed that soprano Lise Davidsen and tenor Freddie De Tommaso are not especially well-matched By Christopher Corwin
Richard Tucker Award Winners Are Dominating New York City’s Fall Opera Season One need only look to Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera to see the ubiquity of Tucker Award alumni. By Christopher Corwin
Tenor Benjamin Bernheim Scores Another Triumph in the Met’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ Revival By Christopher Corwin
‘Silent Light’ at National Sawdust Captures the Sounds (and the Scents) of Everyday Life By Gabrielle Ferrari
Opera Underground: Caroline Shaw’s ‘Partita for 8 Voices’ and Gelsey Bell’s ‘morning//mourning’ at Green-Wood Cemetery By Gabrielle Ferrari
Teatro Nuovo Revives a Forgotten Bel Canto Opera by a Woman Composer for the First Time in Nearly 200 Years By Christopher Corwin
A Magnificent ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ Crowns a Fine Met Season But Not at Lincoln Center By Christopher Corwin
Cultural Comings and Goings: Brooke Lampley Leaves Sotheby’s for Gagosian and More By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo On Training, Technique and Radical Operatic Expression By Annie Levin
With Electrifying New Casts, the Met’s ‘Carmen’ and ‘Butterfly’ Are Worth a Second Look By Christopher Corwin