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Met Opera 2023-24 Review: The Hours
What did I just witness? was the question that I kept asking myself, and failing to answer. What was that? The experience of seeing The Hours defies description, but I will describe mine to the best of my current ability.
Met Opera 2023-24 Cinema Review: Carmen
This was one of the best-sung Carmens in recent memory, vocally stupendous and visually thoughtful, with Carrie Cracknell offering a much-needed modern critique of the power imbalance between men and women.
Girl of the Golden Met Awards 2023
Congratulations to all the winners for triumphing in these highly competitive categories and to all the nominees for their extraordinary performances! Thank you to everyone that voted; I hope you enjoyed it!
Highlights of the Met’s 2023-24 Season
On February 22, the Met revealed their 2023-24 season, the first since announcing a shift toward contemporary opera. A third of the operas are recent works, but there’s still plenty of classic repertoire.
My Night at the Opera: The Hours (PART 2)
Dreamy, floaty, yearning music opened Act 2. Kelli O’Hara’s exquisite voice shone like a moonbeam as Laura Brown wondered, “Heaven? Somebody else’s heaven?”
My Night at the Opera: The Hours (PART 1)
Here’s a confession: I don’t like modern opera.
In light of that fact, it might be surprising that I went to see one at the Met, a world premiere no less. Well, I did, and even more surprisingly, I found it mesmerizing.
