44 stories by "Zachary Woolfe"
Wilson, who died this week at 83, created works of otherworldly dreaminess that were also very human.
In Strauss's "Salome," is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history.
After turning a derelict lecture hall into the daring Almeida Theater, he had a long career as a director and impresario in Europe and New York.
Watch and listen to recent highlights, including Nicole Scherzinger on Broadway, a pair of Janacek operas and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
"Severance" is finally back for its second season, three New York art museums are set to reopen and ballet goes extreme.
The offerings at this annual presentation of new opera and music theater tend to be politically charged, scrappy and stirring.
"Mad Max" gets a prequel, "The Wiz" returns to Broadway and Larry David gets another crack at a series finale.
Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
In "Tao of Glass," Phelim McDermott, who has directed three Glass operas, turns to his personal history with the composer's work.
Kate Soper's "The Romance of the Rose," which had its long-delayed premiere at Long Beach Opera, showcases her signature quick-shifting eclecticism.
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now will include the one-act "Ellen West" among six works in its January season.
"The Romance of the Rose" is a highlight of the coming season of Peak Performances at Montclair State University.
The Morgan Library & Museum explores a dense, underappreciated period in the artist's career in an exhibition of sketches, dioramas and more.
As the arts center rolls out its inaugural season, we offer our hopes not only for its future, but also for New York's broader cultural landscape.
Even by operatic standards, the marquee productions of this year's festival of new music-theater are extreme in their depiction of trauma.
Four gay men who recently attended the Broadway revival of this 50-year-old play " three seeing it for the first time " debate its significance and relevance.
The playwright describes his reaction to Peter Eotvos's 2004 opera, which will have its New York premiere on Saturday at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center.
Five years of preparation, water with electrolyte drops, green tea and vitamin B shots helped this performance artist get through a 24-hour show.
Opera Philadelphia staged the premiere of this Missy Mazzoli work, adapted from a 1996 film about a woman whose marriage changes after an accident.
Operatic performances of these works highlight the Glimmerglass Festival, while "Iris" serves as a kind of preview of the Bard Music Festival.
Lincoln Center Festival. Mostly Mozart. Midsummer Night Swing. Lincoln Center Out of Doors. One critic argues that less could be more.
Mark Wigglesworth will leave his position just months after starting.
Her staging of Verdi's "La Traviata," a collaboration with the fashion designer Valentino, will open on May 24.
Roberto Alagna, another well-loved tenor, will replace him, singing the role of des Grieux in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" for the first time.
