After our New York City Opera season full of Dwarves (Vegas, Wagnerian or otherwise), Tempests, Machines, Mid-Scene Replacements and Onstage Musical Fellatio, here is our 2012-2013 Season recap of our favorites. Elizabeth – Traviata: While the beginning of Traviata truly had me concerned—at one point I thought they might stop and start over, the beginning was… [Read More]
Flashmob Verdi Style!
As I left the Met a week ago on the last day of the season, I must confess I breathed a sigh of relief. Götterdämmerung would be the last strains of opera I heard for at least a couple months. This past year Shawn and I saw over 20 operas at the Met alone, not… [Read More]
How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera?!?
I very seldom do this but I find that I must speak out against a specific article. The NYT recently published an article entitled “How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera.” The piece is ostensibly a review of a movie named Margaret, but in it the author makes some very grand and sweeping claims about movies… [Read More]
