Opera Pick of the Week From the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Opéra de Lille, Debussy’s enigmatic Pelléas et Mélisande in a yin-yang pair of new productions
June 26, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week Virtual by necessity, the Los Angeles Opera’s shadow-puppet Œdipus Rex capitalizes on artistic techniques refined during the pandemic
June 26, 2021
George Clinton, Alfresco The funk musician and his Parliament-Funkadelic collective, including some of his grandkids, open New York City’s summer concert season
Opera Pick of the Week On Site Opera’s The Road We Came explores Black music history in New York City with walking tours of Manhattan and Harlem
June 25, 2021
Modern Look A major show at the Met displays the work of the “New Women” who embraced photography in the first half of the 20th century
June 24, 2021
Christina Quarles The L.A.-based artist’s dreamy, colorful work breaks down complex subjects of gender, race, and identity
Classical Music’s Underdog The 24-year-old violinist Randall Goosby has shot to fame on an instrument he named “LeBron”
Opera Pick of the Week The Opéra de Paris comes back to life with The Satin Slipper, Marc-André Dalbavie’s epic of thwarted desire
June 18, 2021
Every Trick in the Book The magician, professional gambler, and sometime fraudster Steve Forte is spilling his secrets
Pippa Latour de Force She tricked Nazis into spilling their secrets by posing as a chatty teenage soap saleswoman and just celebrated her 100th birthday
Opera Pick of the Week From Houston Grand Opera, a green-screen Hansel and Gretel with TikTok flair
June 11, 2021
La Scala’s Shining Star Remembering the Italian ballerina Carla Fracci, Milan’s star dancer who died last month aged 84
June 4, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week From Toronto’s Opera Atelier, a Niagara of Baroque images for Handel’s The Resurrection
June 4, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week A new production of Aribert Reimann’s Lear premieres at the Bavarian State Opera
May 28, 2021
Opera Pick of the Week Bulgaria’s native son Orlin Anastasov shines in the Sofia Opera’s outdoor Attila
May 21, 2021
Deeper Than the Deep Blue Sea An exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac’s Mediterranean villa focuses on the colors, movement, and creatures of the sea
May 21, 2021
Prodigious Young Women From Kate Middleton to Samantha Cameron to Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, what is it about Marlborough College, the leafy British boarding school?
Annie Clark’s 70s Show St. Vincent’s latest album, the 70s-themed Daddy’s Home, is releasing in a wave of bad P.R. It’s so good you’ll listen anyway
