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fromVulture
3 days ago

The Met's Tristan und Isolde Has Some of the Best Opera Moments I've Ever Heard

The opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's new Tristan und Isolde was one of those great nights at the opera, the kind that will have people arguing what shone most: the confident complexity of Yuval Sharon's staging, Lise Davidsen's indelible Isolde, her chemistry with tenor Michael Spyres, or the sensuous discipline of the orchestra. The answer, of course, is all of the above.
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fromVulture
4 days ago

Tear Down This Wall: Cold War Choir Practice

Cold War Choir Practice is a stylistically ambitious Reagan-era play with music featuring a choir that serves as both story participants and narrative guides, blending spy thriller, operetta, and bildungsroman elements with striking visual design.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I really believe in revivals of Black work': why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman's play Deep Azure

Chadwick Boseman's play Deep Azure, directed by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu at the Globe theatre, revives Black theatrical work through poetry, hip-hop, and Jacobean verse, honoring Boseman's legacy as a writer and director committed to Black representation.
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