Greek tragedy reimagined by a Singaporean director through two traditional Korean musical art forms, all reminding us of the horrors of war. Loren Noveck reviews.
Opera
25 April 2022
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera ⋄ 23 April-21 May
By Cameron Kelsall
The Met premieres another new production of Donizetti’s opera, this time in the hands of Australian auteur Simon Stone. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
13 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Intimate Apparel at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ 13 January-6 March
By Patrick Maley
New dimensions are drawn from the characters of Lynn Nottage’s play in an operatic adaptation with music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Patrick J. Maley reviews.
18 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Ellen West at the Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center ⋄ 14 January - 19 January
By Joey Sims
Misery is abundant in this new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon. Joey Sims reviews.
14 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Blood Moon at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ January 9-17
By Loren Noveck
This hauntingly beautiful chamber opera by Garrett Fischer and Ellen McLaughlin gets a stunning production at Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: Nixon in China at McCarter Theatre Center
McCarter Theatre ⋄ Through 30th June
By Patrick Maley
Patrick Maley sees his first opera, the intriguing and baffling Nixon in China.
6 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: 4.48 Psychosis at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ 5 January - 12 January
By Lane Williamson
An opera-theatre adaptation of Sarah Kane’s play is at its most successful when it uses inventive orchestration to transcend the human voice. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 February 2018
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: Sound House at The Flea Theater
Flea Theater ⋄ 21st Februrary - 4th March 2018
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck reviews New Georges’ sound play about the electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.
21 January 2018
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: The Echo Drift at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ Select dates 10th - 20th January 2018
By Molly Grogan
Molly Grogan reviews the premiere of Mikael Karlsson’s opera in a prison cell, in PROTOTYPE.
21 January 2018
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: Acquanetta at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center ⋄ 9th - 14th January 2018
By Lane Williamson
Daniel Fish directs this filmed opera about a racially ambiguous B-movie star that Hollywood forgot. Lane Williamson reviews.