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Interviews
Q & A: Tenor Paul Appleby on Contemporary Operas & Run AMOC* Festival, Politics in the Arts, & His 2025-26 Slate
(Photo Credit : Jonathan-Tichler) “La Damnation de Faust.” “La Rondine.” “Die Schöpfung.” “In a Grove.” “St. Matthew Passion.” “Antony and Cleopatra.” These are just a few of the many projects that tenor Paul Appleby took on this past season. What stands out in this list is how wide-ranging it is in its artistic exploration. There are several contemporary works, sacred {…}
Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Indyana Schneider on Her Second Novel: Since the World is Ending
The first draft didn’t work. Australian mezzo-soprano and novelist Indyana Schneider says that plainly, without flinching. By the time Schneider’s debut novel, “28 Questions,” hit shelves in January 2022, she’d already completed a full draft of her follow-up, “Since the World is Ending,” and it wasn’t good. But what followed was, in her words, “a really fun journey.” That journey {…}
Q & A: Valentin Schwarz on the Bayreuth Festival’s ‘Ring Cycle’
(Credit: Daniel.Karmann) At the age of 33 Vienna-based Valentin Schwarz designed and directed a controversial staging of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” which for the past four years has been featured at the celebrated Bayreuth Festival. This August 2025 marks Bayreuth’s final performance of Schwarz’s “Ring.” Starting in the autumn, he becomes artistic director of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle {…}
Indie Opera
Teatro Grattacielo to Present ‘L’Amico Fritz’
Teatro Grattacielo is set to revive Pietro Mascagni’s “L’Amico Fritz.” The production is set to introduce a wider audience to the rarely performed masterpiece, which was last presented by the company in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opera will be directed by Anna Laura Miszerak and will be presented at the Downstairs Theater, La MaMa from {…}
Roulette Unveils Fall 2025 Lineup
Roulette has announced its programming for fall 2025. Only opera events are included in this article. Robert Ashley’s opera “Celestial Excursions” takes the stage. It is coproduced by Roulette Intermedium and Performing Artservices. Performance Dates: September 12 – 14, 2025 Aruán Ortiz’s “A Transatlantic Journey to Afro-diasporic Contemporary Music” features scenes from Ortiz’s opera, “Je renais de mes cendres.” Performance {…}