Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Faust’ Finds the Humanity (and Humor) in the Hellish Sara Holdren’s production shifts the focus to the women in Faust’s wake. By Gabrielle Ferrari
Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Salome’ Dares Us to Look Director Elizabeth Dinkova flips the script on Salome by ensuring that the audience sees more of the male body than the female one. By Gabrielle Ferrari
BAM’s Reimagining of ‘La Susanna’ Casts a Scholarly Eye on Sexual Violence In this modern interpretation of the 1681 work, the female characters take control. By Helen Holmes
Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Dragus Maximus’ Reimagines a Classic Greek Myth as a Raucous Queer Odyssey By Mary von Aue