Is ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ the Opera We Need or Just the One We Deserve? Operas are shot through with tropes and highly stylized actions; comic books offer better source material than one might expect. By Gabrielle Ferrari
While Serious in Subject, the Oratorio ‘Emigré’ Is Pure Schlock It feels like a Disney version of history, trafficking entirely in musical, poetic and dramatic clichés. By Gabrielle Ferrari
New York City Opera’s ‘Stonewall’ Pays Vocal Tribute to a Messy Uprising The world premiere opera by Ian Bell and Mark Campbell sets the historic Stonewall riots to ear-catching music. By James Jorden