‘Three! Seven! Ace!’: The Met Goes All in On ‘Queen of Spades’
Elijah Moshinsky's vivid production is a winner.
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Topflight Teamwork Makes for a Marvelous Met Mozart
Unlike many works by Puccini, Verdi or Wagner, Mozart’s operas demand charismatic singing actors working closely together with a minimum of diva/divo posturing.
Despite Tropes, the Met’s ‘Grounded’ Is a Solid Outing
A decade after it was commissioned, composer Jeanine Tesori's story of surveillance, guilt and motherhood has finally landed.
