Joe Cadagin

Karim Sulayman: Broken Branches

“At its core, this is an album by two Western classical musicians of Asian descent attempting to navigate their intersecting ethnic and sonic identities.”

SØRENSEN: St. Matthew Passion

“This oratorio gives the impression of eavesdropping on the thoughts of someone at a Good Friday service, the Scripture readings triggering very personal memories.”

Step Into the Unknown

Opera Philadelphia will present a new work by composer Rene Orth.

DEL TREDICI: Pop-pourri, Adventures Underground

"Inspired by Carroll’s linguistic games, Del Tredici’s nonsense settings prove that musical experimentation and play aren’t incompatible."

Collaborative Spirits

Composer George Benjamin and playwright Martin Crimp have a new opera for Aix-en-Provence.

Finnish Composer Kaija Saariaho, 70, the Alchemical Creator of a Lush Sonic Universe, has Died

NONO: Intolleranza 1960

“This smacks of champagne socialism: an opera-going elite, in €330 seats, watching the plights of poor migrants set to an ultra-avant-garde score.”

DESSAU: Lanzelot

“This political satire is a daring outcry against totalitarianism from within East Germany. Over the past fifty years, it’s retained its bite.”

TAFRESHIPOUR: The Doll Behind the Curtain

“A disturbing but frustratingly dull adaptation of the Pygmalion myth.”