Washington National Opera’s new ‘Turandot’ gets a refreshing finale

What to do about “Turandot”?Washington National Opera has some fresh ideas in Francesca Zambello’s visually and vocally...

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The NSO welcomes two illustrious guests (and one tiny party crasher)

I’d like to extend a bit of audience appreciation to those seated in the front section of the Kennedy Center Concert Hal...

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Silly pleasures abound in Opera Lafayette’s ‘Les Fêtes de Thalie’

“Is one ever tired of laughing?” The Muse of Comedy asks in Jean-Joseph Mouret’s “Les Fêtes de Thalie.” It’s not a quest...

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Sir Simon Rattle shakes the Kennedy Center with his rock-solid BRSO

It’s been eight years since the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra made its last visit to Washington, under the baton of...

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An eye-popping ‘El Niño’ at the Met paints the Nativity at grand scale

NEW YORK — Tisn’t remotely the season, but the Metropolitan Opera’s colorful new production of John Adams’s “El Niño” is...

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At Strathmore, a reduced ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ turns up its heat

When Terence Blanchard premiered “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021, he made history as the fi...

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WNO True Voice Award raises the voices of trans and nonbinary singers

In opera, gender plays several roles at once.For composers, it’s a fundamental organizing principle, with vocal ranges c...

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Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo takes charge at Opera Philadelphia

On Thursday morning, Opera Philadelphia announced the appointment of opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo to be the company’...

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Australian conductor Simone Young shoots for the stars with the NSO

The first thing that caught my eye was the industrial-size ladder, towering over the orchestra alongside the tallest mus...

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‘Ennio’ puts one of cinema’s most revered composers in the spotlight

StarSolidStarSolidStarSolidStarOutline(3 stars)“You must always make a nice melody,” Libera Ridolfi told her young son,...

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With the BRSO, Sir Simon Rattle gets the orchestra he always wanted

For those who love out-of-town orchestras, this is a particularly strong season. The Rotterdam Philharmonic brought its...

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Guest conductor Xian Zhang makes herself at home with the NSO

What with all the hubbub surrounding the current game of musical (director) chairs underway across the American orchestr...

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Washington Concert Opera frees a rare bird with superb ‘La Rondine’

The only thing wrong with Washington Concert Opera’s energizing performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Rondine” on Sunday...

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Alisa Weilerstein’s curious ‘Fragments’ struggles to come together

Much to the annoyance of my other half, I love wall text. Whenever we go to a museum, I reliably drag behind like an anc...

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra names Klaus Mäkelä as next music director

On Tuesday, the worst-kept secret in Chicago officially spilled, as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced the selecti...

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