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
Heartbeat Opera’s ‘The Extinctionist’ Offers Commentary With Little Complexity The production’s sanctimonious libretto and ill-conceived puppet baby led to an evening more frustrating than triumphant. By Gabrielle Ferrari
New York’s Small Opera Companies Have a Stunning Season to Look Forward to Small operas and vocal performances are finally moving indoors, with a season of quirky, experimental, and politically poignant performances. By Annie Levin
Heartbeat Opera’s ‘Dragus Maximus’ Reimagines a Classic Greek Myth as a Raucous Queer Odyssey By Mary von Aue