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In this week’s column , I write about New York City Opera’s long-awaited reopening and the Metropolitan Opera production of Janáček’s “From the House of the Dead.” I call the latter “a total triumph, perhaps one of the finest...
John von Rhein Classical music critic Over the last several decades, the landmark operas of Leos Janacek have been emerging from the fringes of the repertory and winning deserved favor with mainstream audiences. Beginning this...
NEW YORK - The marquee value could hardly be less inviting, but serious operagoers shouldn't deprive themselves of Leos Janacek's From the House of the Dead in a powerful new Metropolitan Opera production by Patrice Chéreau.
It was not a typical night at the Met. The audience, younger than usual, did not – could not – applaud any hit tunes. The décor was sparse. Drama and music assumed equal importance. Ensemble values prevailed. The staging showed...
NEW YORK - A different type of Deadhead will be heading to the Metropolitan Opera in the next few weeks. Janacek's final opera, "From the House of the Dead," was given its Met premiere on Thursday night in a production that...
Peter Gelb doesn't like playing cheerleader. Invited to get Post readers fired up about "From the House of the Dead," opening tonight, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager shrugs. "Opera doesn't appeal to everybody," he...
Director Patrice Chéreau and acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen make company debuts bringing Leoš Janácek's From the House of the Dead to the Met for the first time. The artists discuss the production, which runs Nov....
Director Patrice Chéreau and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen will discuss their Metropolitan Opera production of Leos Janacek's From the House of the Dead, at the Met on November 2, at 6pm. The event will be moderated by Met...
From Jane Campion's An Angel At My Table to cult movie Shallow Grave, Kerry Fox has made her name with the sort of roles that actors call brave and agents call risky. Now she's working again with the Oscar-winning director on...
Following up this years Cannes Palme dOr win for The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke is already drafting his next project. The director is working on an untitled script about humiliation and the physical deterioration of the aged.
