Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis transcends borders with new opera

Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer and UC San Diego professor Anthony Davis didn’t have to look beyond his backyard — ...

Applying Richard Foreman’s Off-Kilter Aesthetic (and Ducks) to Opera

The composer Michael Gordon collaborated with Foreman on “What to Wear” in 2006. The opera makes its belated New York ...
Salon

Opera on the brink: Can new compositions return the art to its popular roots?

On January 2, 1958, a minor official at the Rome Opera House bore the thankless task of announcing bad news to the audience: Maria Callas had left the building. The legendary soprano, stricken by ...
The New York Times

The Composer Bringing ‘Symphonic Electronica’ to the Met

Performances in N.Y.C. With “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” Mason Bates, a.k.a. DJ Masonic, expands the sound world of the Metropolitan Opera. Credit... Supported by By Adam Nagourney ...