Matthew Gurewitsch
Yuja Wang’s Rach Marathon
Most pianists call it a night after any one of these “warhorses”
The Crucible
An interfaith Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival, 134 years after the work’s premiere on the same stage
Instant Epic, No Charge
Dazzling projections on the façade of the Zurich Opera House encapsulate Wagner’s “Ring” cycle for neophytes and devotees alike
Who’s That Lady I Saw You With?
After languishing in the archives since its 1744 premiere at a royal wedding in Spain, Achille in Sciro proves a corker and a half
Twice-Told Tales
The Song Poet, Kao Kalia Yang’s prizewinning memoir of her Hmong father, finds its way to the opera
Away! Away! For I Will Fly To Thee
David Rothenberg takes his clarinet into Berlin’s green spaces to jam with the nightingales
Let Procreation Thrive
From Glyndebourne comes Poulenc’s first opera, a zany surrealist call for new babies
