Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by My Favorite Page Brett Dean, whose adaptation of the classic play is at the Metropolitan Opera, discusses the four notes that embody Hamlet’s dilemma.
The Met imported Neil Armfield’s unsparing production from England’s Glyndebourne Festival where the Australian composer’s second opera premiered in 2017. Throughout their adaptation, Dean and Jocelyn ...
In 1986, the novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany interviewed the composer Anthony Davis, whose opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” had just received a triumphant première at New York City ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of the classic play is both traditional and innovative, elegant and passionate. By Zachary ...
If you haven’t seen the Washington National Opera’s production of “Hamlet” at the Kennedy Center yet, you might not understand how anyone could dream of setting Ambroise Thomas’ 1868 opera in “Denmark ...
Adrian Kelly, the festival’s artistic director and conductor of the opera, with his director Jack Furness, have made some clear and rewarding decisions. The music comes first: the score is renowned ...
This spring season, the multi-award winning Purchase Opera will present a reimagined version of Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet, in French with English surtitles. With the glorious music of French Grand Opera ...
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City is the largest classical music organization in North America. For any opera singer, it’s a dream come true to be part of the company’s productions. That’s ...
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