Vocal Music
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Julie Roset Sets Her Sights
Fresh off of her win at the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, the early-music specialist plans her next steps
Vocal MusicOffice Hour
Kate Soper’s latest album, featuring Sam Pluta, stabs playfully at truth and perception.
New MusicOpera and TV had a Baby, and There's A Lot to Love
It's a little weird seeing Hollywood actors pantomime opera, but this is a genre to watch.
ReviewYour Next Binge-Watch Includes Sopranos (But No Mobsters)
A collaboration between Boston Lyric Opera and Long Beach Opera creates a new genre: the opera miniseries.
Vocal MusicVocalist Charmaine Lee’s New LP Speaks, Gargles, and Whimpers For Itself
The consistently fresh arc of "KNVF" offers a sense that it might have been recorded a hundred different ways—a testament to the value of being such a curious, permeable performer.
ReviewHolland Andrews Phones It In
On the cusp of their EP release, the performance artist devises new ways of listening closely.
New MusicSea Change in “Ocean Body”
The physical action of showing up to experience "Ocean Body" promotes intentional hearing but with a caveat: knowing that you will never hear or see the whole picture.
Vocal MusicThrottling Transcendence and Intentional Unintelligibility in Liturgy’s "Origin of the Alimonies"
It was no coincidence that I spoke with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix about her latest Liturgy album, "Origin of the Alimonies", on the day of the Great Conjunction and the solstice. She felt that December 21 would set the tone perfectly for discussing her opera, and I am bound to agree.
New MusicQuince Ensemble’s “love fail” Transcends Romantic Love
The subject matter of interconnectedness, communication, compassion, faith and love in "love fail" are mirrored in Quince’s experience of bringing the work to life.
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