After a New York City opera Season of big breasted bankruptcies, last second cast changes, Super Bowl singing mermaids, unexpected career making performances and all things colorful and gay here is a recap of our favorites and not so favorites from the 2013-14 season. Elizabeth- This past season there were many terrific opera performances, but two… [Read More]
Runny Noses, Russian and Otherwise: The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – One of the more bizarre, frustrating and yet comical operas I have seen this year, William Kentridge’s production of The Nose is not to be missed. For those not familiar with Shostakovich’s opera based on Gogol’s story, The Nose is a short three act opera (no intermission) during which time a bureaucrat, Kovalyov, discovers… [Read More]
