Music

OPERA NOTES: Thoughts on the Met’s Der Rosenkavalier HD-Cast

At the Met, Carsen and company reduce metaphor to melodrama.

A fine cast, expert conducting, and beautiful designs are hallmarks of Opera Philadelphia’s production.

Every entertaining minute is awash in excess in a show that practically defines “guilty pleasure.”

A beautiful production and a reminder of what brought many of us to opera in the first place.

What the diva does in this mixed-bag revival is star-lit and memorable. But is it acting?

Opera Philadelphia’s scores points with its highly entertaining, visually spectacular production

With this flawed but powerful new work, Opera Philadelphia is on a significant upward trajectory.

As Encores is about to be released, I think about my love-hate relationship with La Streisand.

Pablo Heras-Casado led a propulsive performance that made a strong case for Beethoven’s problematic opera.

The Princeton Festival’s production of Benjamin Britten’s elliptical opera is an estimable achievement by any standard.