Elizabeth – After seeing William Kentridge’s new production of Lulu on opening night at the Met, I realized I needed to see it a second time in order to fully take in the opera. So we went again (thank you Met Rush lottery!) this past Saturday for one of the final performances. This production has so… [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]
