The Guardian

The week in classical: Roman Fever/ The Human Voice; NYO, National Youth Brass Band; Celebrating Sir Neville Marriner – review

Susie Sainsbury theatre; Royal Festival Hall; St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Pegasus Opera sparks change with a tart two-hander and a woman on the edge; teenage brass players show their mettle; and ...
The Guardian

Rufus Wainwright to compose opera about Roman emperor Hadrian

Rufus Wainwright is composing an opera based on the life of Emperor Hadrian. Working with actor, director and playwright Daniel MacIvor – who will write the libretto – the singer will premiere his ...
The Berkshire Eagle

From The Mount to Manhattan, Edith Wharton’s 'Roman Fever' opera gets first look

New York audiences, last month, got a brief taste of "Roman Fever," the second Wharton-inspired opera from librettist Joan ...
New York Post

Gotham Chamber Opera revives ‘Eliogabalo,’ about a decadent Roman ruler in skivvies

Short as Roman emperor Eliogabalo’s reign was, the world sighed in relief when it was over. I felt the same way about Gotham Chamber Opera’s performance Friday of Francesco Cavalli’s “Eliogabalo.” It ...
The Globe and Mail

Why Rufus Wainwright is turning a Roman emperor into a COC opera

As his mother, Kate McGarrigle, faced her final days in January, 2010, Rufus Wainwright played his latest composition for her at the family piano. But it wasn't a pop song. It was the overture to an ...