Music

James Jorden 1954-2023

The writers of the Box and James’s friends are saddened to announce the death of the inimitable founder of Parterre Box.

Unholy Wars is most an opera when it is, with “Lascia ch’io pianga,” actually an opera.

In sum: not a perfect Simon Boccanegra—is there such a thing?—but a grand and often great one.

In 90 minutes, Rene Orth’s riveting work gives us everything we could want in a new opera.

The soprano arrived at Carnegie Hall on May 31 with something to prove.

Francois Girard’s Holländer sits on the Met’s cavernous stage as a dull gray mass.

At all of these vocal contests, I ask myself the same question: What are the judges looking for?

Don Pasquale is Jawn Pasquale in this delightful production at the Academy of Vocal Arts.

Soprano Lydia Grindatto confirmed her promise with a charismatic, thoroughly inhabited Violetta.

Sondra Radvanovsky eschewed the customary recital format, putting her selections in a highly personal context.