David Patrick Stearns appears in the following:
Review: Met's WWII-Era 'Manon Lescaut' Offers Mixed Bag
Saturday, February 13, 2016
WQXR
Roberto Alagna, replacing Jonas Kaufmann, joins Kristine Opolais in an uneven production of Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut' at the Metropolitan Opera.
LA Opera Highlights Living Composers in 2016-2017 Season
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
New original operas featured in the 2016-2017 season and a three-year composer-in-residence stint from 25-year-old Matthew Aucoin were announced.
Review: Prototype Festival Operas Challenge with Minimalism and Intensity
Monday, January 11, 2016
Two operas opened this past weekend at the Prototype Festival. Both focus with minimalism on intense subject matter. One does so with great effect, the other misses its mark.
Review: Met Opera's 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles'
Friday, January 01, 2016
Operavore critic David Patrick Stearns attended the New Year's Eve performance of The Pearl Fishers which returned to the Met after a century.
10 Pivotal Moments in 2015 for Opera and Classical
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
The end of the year means more lists. Here's another one: Operavore critic David Patrick Stearns' list of pivotal moments in 2015.
Classical Music in Unexpected Venues Such As ... A Harlem Crypt?
Thursday, December 10, 2015
New York's alternative venues include Le Poisson Rouge and Roulette. We can now add The Crypt Sessions from the Church of the Intercession at 155th Street and Broadway to the list.
Review: Berlin Philharmonic's Beethoven Cycle
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
WQXR music critic David Patrick Stearns reviews the orchestra's performance at Carnegie Hall.
Opera Review: Alban Berg's 'Lulu' at the Met
Friday, November 06, 2015
David Patrick Stearns reviews the new William Kentridge production of Alban Berg's "Lulu" at the Metropolitan Opera.
Review: Eric Owens Opens Philharmonic Residency with Uneven 'Footsteps'
Thursday, October 15, 2015
The genial, celebrated bass-baritone Eric Owens opened a year-long Philharmonic residency with "Great African American Singers and Their Legacy."
Magical Thinking Stalks New York's Opera World
Monday, October 05, 2015
Gotham Chamber Opera's assertion that it didn't know it had a major deficit exemplifies the magical thinking that permeates opera management, writes David Patrick Stearns.
Review: Metropolitan Opera Searches Dark Heart of 'Otello' in Season Opener
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Even if the new Bartlett Sher production of Verdi's late masterpiece wasn't all one could hope for, much of it was, writes David Patrick Stearns.
Analysis: Boston Symphony's Young Conductor Takes on Another Post – Can He Handle It All?
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra has said that Andris Nelsons will be its next chief conductor, making the 36-year-old suddenly very busy.
Review: Ravishing 'Written on Skin' Delivers Creepy Violence But to What End?
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
George Benjamin's opera Written on Skin arrived with many international endorsements but Operavore critic David Patrick Stearns was not among the enraptured at Tuesday's opening.
Review: Marion Cotillard a Memorable Warrior Saint at the New York Philharmonic
Thursday, June 11, 2015
"Jeanne d’Arc au bucher" came off as a well-budgeted Bible pageant with a memorable lead portrayal, writes David Patrick Stearns.
The Weird and Unexpected Delights of Summer Music Festivals
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Ambitious festivals are their own destination, homes to category-defying works, provocations and musical rehabilitations, writes David Patrick Stearns.
Review: Renée Fleming Makes Broadway Debut as Vain Diva in 'Living on Love'
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The best moments in this mixed bag of a play are the inside-y opera ones, writes Operavore critic David Patrick Stearns.
Review: Met Opera's New 'Cav/Pag' Features Double Dose of Love and Death
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Like so many opening nights at the Met, the new David McVicar staging of "Cav/Pag" was more of a beginning than an arrival, writes David Patrick Stearns.
Review: Handel's Semele Comes to BAM With Ming Dynasty Temple. And Sumo Wrestlers.
Thursday, March 05, 2015
David Patrick Stearns reviews this production by the Canadian Opera Company.
Review: DiDonato Marvels in Rossini's 'La Donna del Lago'
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
You can question the dramatic viability of Rossini's "La Donna del Lago" in the 21st Century but still marvel at Joyce DiDonato surpassing herself in the role of Elena.
Review: A Strange Night at the Metropolitan Opera's Bluebeard and Iolanta
Friday, January 30, 2015
With an on-stage protester and a hallucinatory staging of Bluebeard's Castle, a night at the Metropolitan Opera becomes unsettling, writes David Patrick Stearns.
