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The 2013 Operavore Gift Guide
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Are you making a list and checking it twice? If not, it’s time to get snapping. Operavore can help you choose holiday treats – recordings, books and DVD – that will tickle the fancy of even the most persnickety opera fans.
Verdi as Icon for Contemporary Composers? You Bet.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
An enduring canard in opera histories is that Verdi did not have “much noticeable influence on younger generations of composers.” Four of today's leading young composers suggest otherwise.
New York City Opera Did Rarities and Modern Works Proud
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Why was it necessary for a company that had once presented some 130 performances a season to endure in diminished form? Marion Lignana Rosenberg considers why City Opera still mattered.
Boston Opera? It's Wicked Good, Says Odyssey Opera Founder
Thursday, September 12, 2013
On Sunday, a new opera company will make its début in Boston: Odyssey Opera, founded by conductor Gil Rose. Their first offering is ambitious, writes Marion Rosenberg.
New York's Must-See Opera and Song Events in 2013-14
Saturday, August 31, 2013
With summer winding down, Operavores are busy digging out agendas and writing in musical dates. Here are our picks for New York’s most enticing vocal and operatic events in 2013–14.
New DVDs Offer Beloved Operas in Stylized Productions
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Miss out on summer festivals? These recent DVDs allow you to revel in the glorious sights and sounds without doing battle with the crowds or the high prices.
New Wagner Books Offer Mysteries, Eroticism and Worship
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Those inclined to hyperbole claim that only Jesus, Napoléon and Adolf Hitler have caused more ink (and pixels) to be spilled than Richard Wagner.
Audience to be Blindfolded for Lera Auerbach's Opera, The Blind
Monday, July 08, 2013
In this "anti-opera," audience members wear blindfolds and experience the work in a similar state to its characters, 12 people who are visually impaired and stranded on an island.
Uncovering the 'Real-Life' Inspiration to Verdi's La Traviata
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Several new books and a film screening allow Operavores to dig deeper into the artistic roots and afterlife of the world’s most frequently performed opera.
Eric Einhorn's On Site Opera Brings Blue Monday to The Cotton Club
Friday, June 14, 2013
Operavore caught up with On Site Opera's artistic director for a conversation about this weekend's run of Blue Monday at the Cotton Club.
Review: Cecilia Bartoli is Fierce and Mercurial in Bellini's Norma
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli brings a "four-hankie" performance to Bellini's doomed priestess in a new recording.
History's Most Notorious Lover Emerges in Theater and Song
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Giacomo Variations, a “chamber opera play” starring John Malkovich as the legendary lover, will have its US premiere. Marion Lignana Rosenberg reports.
Recordings Round-Up: Four Men Who Follow the Lieder
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A present-day sorcerer, a rising star, a beloved veteran, and Schubert-inspired Yiddishkeit: Operavores who enjoy great Lieder singing will find much to savor in these recent releases.
Springtime Reading for Opera Lovers (Part II)
Friday, April 19, 2013
In the second of our two-part survey on new books for Operavores, we spotlight a book on the genesis of 15 great operas.
A Springtime Reading List for Opera Lovers (Part I)
Thursday, April 18, 2013
With springtime comes a bounty of new books for Operavores. In the first of two posts, we consider new books on urban history and a much-maligned composer’s modernity.
'Defiant Requiem' Reprises Holocaust-Era Performance of Verdi Piece
Monday, April 01, 2013
A documentary and ongoing concert project looks at the Terezín concentration camp, where inmates sang the Verdi Requiem for their own dignity and solace—and to challenge their Nazi captors.
Bach 360°: The Cantatas
Sunday, March 24, 2013
As the Bach 360 festival turns its focus Sunday to J.S. Bach's cantatas, Operavore writer Marion Lignana Rosenberg considers the universality of the sacred vocal works, in light of a controversial recording series.
Cavalli Opera is a Good Old-Fashioned Tale of Raunch and Cross-Dressing
Monday, March 11, 2013
Gotham Chamber Opera is to give the New York premiere of Cavalli's 1668 opera about the decadent life of the notorious Roman emperor. It was among the first in a long line of racy topics.
Recordings Round-Up: Three Shades of Virtuosity
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Three recent recordings – by Jonas Kaufmann, Karina Gauvin and Max Emanuel Cencic – serve up wide-raging modes of delight and bravura.
Giving Puccini's Turandot the Finale it Deserves
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Lunar New Year began on Sunday, and the moon plans an important role in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, one of the most popular Western operas with an Asian setting.