Matthew Gurewitsch
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
The Stepmother’s Tragedy
At the Alliance Française, Jennifer Ehle goes out on a limb as Racine’s Phèdre
Exit Laughing
At La Monnaie, a posthumous premiere for On Purge Bébé, a prolific Belgian’s off-color comedy