Eternal Lessons from Wagner’s Last Opera
Roger Scruton finds in the 19th-century opera Parsifal an antidote to many of modern society’s ills.
Opera
Metropolitan Opera Announces It Will Not Stage Productions Until At Least September 2021
The Met Opera has lost $150 million in revenue since the pandemic forced its closure, the New York Times reported.
Tweens, Teens, and Others
A note on a podcast, involving Mozart et al.
Streaming the Performing Arts through COVID Spring
Where to find theater, opera, and concerts online during the age of the virus.
Philip Glass’s Akhnaten Brings Ancient Egyptian Piety to Life
Glass’s otherworldly opera portrays the religious devotion of a pharoah.
Mailbag
One reader recalls an afternoon at the opera house in 1963. Another reader recalls a "Simpsons" moment. Etc.
Sweet Vindication
'I was correct and those bastards who laughed are all dead.'
The Fun of Faust
At the Metropolitan Opera, Robert Carsen’s production of Arrigo Boito’s 1867 Mefistofele does justice to this great spiritual drama.
Reactions to a Concert by the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra
The author had the opportunity to attend concert by the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra playing in its home city of Muscat.
