Opera

Mark MacNamara - July 20, 2016

Enterprising director Josh Shaw makes the most of a cultural touchstone to bring Mozart’s opera to life.

Niels Swinkels - July 19, 2016

Stripped down to essentials, this was a visceral, exciting production of Monteverdi's masterpiece, The Coronation of Poppea.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - June 16, 2016

Leoš Janáček’s powerful music drama gets a thoughtful, musically pungent production.

Lisa Hirsch - June 14, 2016

Vocally and orchestrally, this revival is as good as it gets.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - May 31, 2016

Composer Jake Heggie and Librettist Gene Scheer tell stories of camp survivors in an new opera.

Steven Winn - May 31, 2016

Calixto Bieito’s setting of Bizet’s classic explores the corrosive effects of doomed love.

Charlise Tiee - May 23, 2016

Excellent singing was at the fore of a genuinely funny operatic comedy from 1679.

Lisa Hirsch - May 2, 2016

Opera Parallèle delivers an imaginative production of Peter Maxwell Davies’ mysterious opera for three voices.

Joe Cadagin - April 25, 2016

The new-music ensemble takes the audience on a sonic trip with Fausto Romitelli’s eerie video opera at the Freight and Salvage.

Steven Winn - April 18, 2016

New Opera NYC’s Julia Lima and Viktor Antipenko are thrilling in Tchaikovsky one-act opera.