Baroque Maelstroms, Bearded Gods and Smart Phone Battles: The Enchanted Island at the Metropolitan Opera

Elizabeth – Jeremy Sams’ Enchanted Island is a pastiche opera, taking storylines from two Shakerspeare plays, mixing them, along with various baroque music to form one new storyline and opera.  I thought it was a fun new take on opera, but apparently this is actually a throwback to the early days of opera.  Apparently back in… [Read More]