Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is known for bold storytelling, from reimagined classics to powerful contemporary works. But how does a spoken play transform into a fully sung opera? According to ...

For a number of years my husband and I went often to the Metropolitan Opera, in its grand house at Lincoln Center. We went by cab, and as we drew near I liked to watch the people streaming toward it.

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Dean is an Australian composer, born in 1961. For about 15 years—1984 to 2000—he played the viola in the Berlin ...