BAY HEAD — Bay Head Chapel is set to reopen its doors with a musical debut this weekend. Bay Head Chapel, 442 Main Ave., will ...
He was referring to Tommy, the title of the band’s 1969 rock opera album, which follows the story of Tommy Walker, who retreats into a catatonic state after witnessing a traumatic family event ...
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who have been performing together for more than 60 years and admit they feel it.
It’s the Metropolitan Opera premiere of the 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s 19th century classic story. Composer Jake Heggie did the music, collaborating with librettist Gene Scheer on ...
From messianic hang-gliding scenes to riots in spiritual holiday camps, the striking imagery of Ken Russell’s screen adaptation of The Who’s rock opera Tommy, which hit cinemas 50 years ago ...
Most would find it surprising that The Metropolitan Opera Management sued to have their own opera house razed, but that is exactly what happened in the mid-1960s. The Metropolitan Opera ...
Roger Daltrey is certainly feeling the march of time, but it won't stop him from taking to the stage. During a charity ...
Credit: Wikimedia Commons I went to the Metropolitan Opera the other night to see the new opera, Moby-Dick. It was a black-tie gala, and the performance was tremendous, but the evening was somber.
Jake Heggie’s 2010 operatic treatment certainly took up a lot of aural and visual space at its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Monday, but there was an emptiness at its heart.
The Metropolitan Opera has announced the finalists for the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominque Laffont Competition. Following the semi-finals on March 9, nine singers will advance to the final round.
Of course, this isn’t a review of the great Metropolitan Opera House, per se, but as a most fortunate and frequent attendee of the Royal Opera House, (now frustratingly called the Royal Ballet and ...
And the vocal thrills on stage even activated Maestra Mälkki, who generated plenty of heat from there until the opera’s close. Her Florestan, David Butt Philip, a lirico-dramatic tenor with a large, ...