‘La Bohème’ at the Royal Opera House Brings 19th-Century Paris to Life in Stunning Detail The experience of watching this opera is so very intense that the subtitles are often unnecessary. By Frances Forbes-Carbines
Asmik Grigorian’s Raw Passion Eclipsed Piotr Beczała’s Quiet Thunder at Carnegie Hall It was a good week for fans of Russian song. By Gabrielle Ferrari
Celebrating Czech Music at Carnegie Hall With Dvořák’s Piano Concerto and Janáček’s ‘Glagolitic Mass’ It’s been over a decade since Leoš Janáček’s mass last appeared at Carnegie Hall. By Gabrielle Ferrari
‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at London’s Royal Opera House Shines Even as It Stutters By Frances Forbes-Carbines
Tenor Benjamin Bernheim Scores Another Triumph in the Met’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ Revival By Christopher Corwin
‘Silent Light’ at National Sawdust Captures the Sounds (and the Scents) of Everyday Life By Gabrielle Ferrari
Opera Underground: Caroline Shaw’s ‘Partita for 8 Voices’ and Gelsey Bell’s ‘morning//mourning’ at Green-Wood Cemetery By Gabrielle Ferrari
Teatro Nuovo Revives a Forgotten Bel Canto Opera by a Woman Composer for the First Time in Nearly 200 Years By Christopher Corwin
A Magnificent ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ Crowns a Fine Met Season But Not at Lincoln Center By Christopher Corwin
Cultural Comings and Goings: Brooke Lampley Leaves Sotheby’s for Gagosian and More By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly