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James Jorden

James Jorden

James Jorden is the opera critic at The New York Observer.

Latonia Moore (center) as Billie tracks down her unfaithful husband in a Louisiana honky tonk in a scene from "Fire Shut Up My Bones."

Premiere of ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Sets the Reopened Met Ablaze

By James Jorden
Stars of Teatro Nuovo Hans Tashjian (Figaro), Hannah Ludwig (Rosina), Nicholas Simpson (Almaviva),

Opera Returns to Lincoln Center, Thanks to Teatro Nuovo’s Loving Skill

By James Jorden
Soprano Anna Netrebko streams a recital from Vienna.

From Vienna, Anna Netrebko Streams an Ecstatic Program of Songs

By James Jorden
'Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists' streams as part of NYC's PROTOTYPE Festival.

PROTOTYPE Streams New Opera from Inside the Mind to Times Square

By James Jorden
Sopranos Angel Blue and Pretty Yende and tenors Javier Camarena and Matthew Polenzani ring in the New Year.

The Metropolitan Opera Goes Intimate for an Online New Year’s Eve Gala

By James Jorden
The aging poet (Uwe Schönbeck) reflects on his life in 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann'.

From Berlin’s Komische Oper, an Ecstatic Stream of ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

By James Jorden
The disturbing wedding scene from Wagner's 'Lohengrin' at the Berlin State Opera.

In Berlin, a Streaming ‘Lohengrin’ Evokes Doubt and Terror

By James Jorden
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renée Fleming in the Met's 'Eugene Onegin'.

Superstars of Opera Will Crowd Your Screen During a Lavish Week of Streaming

By James Jorden
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts this week's streaming video performances from the Metropolitan Opera.

Met Opera’s New Streams Highlight the Work of Musical Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin

By James Jorden
Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak in 'Pagliacci' at the Vienna State Opera.

Even With New Lockdowns, Streaming Opera Keeps the Art Lively

By James Jorden
President and Mrs. Nixon disembark in a scene from John Adams' 'Nixon in China'.

The Met Makes Opera Political in the Week Leading Up to Election Day

By James Jorden
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