THE HANGOVER REPORT – ROCKTOPIA is a rock-meets-classical music collision that counts on your endorphins being released
- By drediman
- April 2, 2018
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Last night at the appropriately blandly-named Broadway Theatre, I caught Rocktopia, a tourist-friendly concert that mashes up rock with classical music. Although the production is advertised as an opportunity to hear the … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR & IL PIGMALIONE/PIGMALION: The Met and City Opera synergistically counterpoint each other
- By drediman
- March 29, 2018
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I had questioned the resuscitation of New York City Opera when they announced that a traditional production of Puccini’s war horse Tosca would be the vehicle for their return. However, since then, … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met’s delightful new production of COSÌ FAN TUTTE almost unlocks Mozart’s problematic opera
- By drediman
- March 21, 2018
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Like Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte is a fiendishly opera difficult to get right. That’s because, on paper, its depiction of women is terribly dated, even mean-spirited. In the opera, two … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Meredith Monk’s CELLULAR SONGS at BAM is equally beguiling and confounding
- By drediman
- March 14, 2018
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Tonight, I caught the opening night performance of Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. BAM has long been a hotbed for avant-garde music- and theater-making, and Ms. Monk … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met revives its raw production of Richard Strauss’s ELEKTRA, ecstatically led by Christine Goerke and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- By drediman
- March 5, 2018
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Tonight, I revisited the Metropolitan Opera’s raw production of Richard Strauss’s still-shocking, laser-focused one-act operatic adaptation of the Greek tragedy Elektra. Even if the staging from the late, great Patrice Chéreau this time around … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stellar vocals save the Met’s clunky production of Rossini’s rarely-performed SEMIRAMIDE
- By drediman
- March 3, 2018
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I recently had a chance to catch the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Rossini’s Semiramide. The bel canto opera, one of Rossini’s final operas and one that’s rarely in the repertoire these … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anthony Minghella’s production of Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Met remains as striking as ever
- By drediman
- February 27, 2018
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There are a handful of productions at the Met that never fail to leave a deep impression on me, regardless of the quality of the cast. One of those is … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Donizetti’s L’ELISIR D’AMORE receives an appealing revival, courtesy of Bartlett Sher, from a solid cast
- By drediman
- February 8, 2018
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Tonight, I caught a performance of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at the Metropolitan Opera, in a refreshingly traditional, intimate staging by go-to Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher (he’ll be represented back at Lincoln Center … Continue Reading →