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In some ways, the plot felt like little more than an excuse to paint sweeping, evocative pictures with the opening of each door. But the characters’ reactions to each reveal are so intense, and so changeable, that I kind of want to crawl inside them and reconstruct their motivations like a crime scene.
In May and June of 2023, Peter Mattei will be singing the title role in Ivo van Hove’s production of Don Giovanni at the Met.
When I began walking in Graceland, more than one person told me to keep an eye out for the coyotes.
Much as it does for modern fanworks, opera’s foundation in existing canon influences its structure. Because audiences frequently come to a work already steeped in the narrative and its context, composers (and fic writers) can skip to the good stuff.
Like most kids who grew up in the ‘90s, I had a Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd idea of what opera is, and never really pursued the concept further on the assumption that I wouldn’t need to know it.
The autumn air, the cemetery, my mood, a thousand tiny factors have combined with this song to create a feeling of soaring, defiant joy in my own being. I always want to take on the world, but for the duration of the song, I feel like I could.
Leading up to the release of the 21st installment in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, I heard mixed things about Captain Marvel - and not just from the requisite band of reactionary trolls.