Opera Traditionalists Will Adore the Met’s Opulent 1980s ‘Arabella’ Sopranos Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Louise Alder find their “Right Ones” in Strauss’s winning comedy. By Christopher Corwin
A Powerful Turn of the Screw at Juilliard Is Equal Parts Atmospheric and Urgent The production makes it clear that this is an opera about the fraught class dynamics of childcare, where the potential for exploitation is ever-present. By Gabrielle Ferrari
Resourceful Opera Company Polishes a Britten Treasure Richard Wagner and Benjamin Britten each created his own brand of utopia. Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, By Charles Michener