Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}

May 29, 2019

Q & A: Author A.M. Homes On Writing Her First Libretto, ‘Chunky in Heat’

Shapeshifting snakes, talking trees, a swimming pool, a tragic Botox accident…it’s all in renowned novelist and short fiction writer A.M. Homes’ new opera, “Chunky in Heat.” The opera, premiering on May 31st during New York Opera Fest, is based on four short stories by Homes and will be staged at The Flea Theater by Experiments in Opera. The opera explores {…}

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Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

Q & A: Author A.M. Homes On Writing Her First Libretto, ‘Chunky in Heat’