Opera has always been a space for gender-bending. Trans artists are trying to make it work for them.
Both Anthony Davis’s X and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas are modern classics, and the Met gives them excellent productions.
The young professionals in the program take swings at big roles, with consistently exciting results.
Errollyn Wallen’s new opera, given its American premiere by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, extends Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
Derrick Wang’s funny, sharply observed one-act pairs well with Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.
The musical world is teeming with concerts and ideas to help shake off the end-of-year darkness.
