"Opera Meets Film: Peter Sellars’ ‘this body is so impermanent’" for OperaWire

Artists across disciplines explore an ancient Buddhist text for a modern meditation on illness and health.

"​The Delicacy Of Suicide As Lyric Reflection In Lang’s ‘note to a friend’" for Classical Voice North America

Based on the writings of Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, David Lang’s new opera score and libretto remain true to Akutagawa’s sentiment on being “duty bound to be honest” about the decision to take his own life.
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“Christmas Oratorio ‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’ Restores Miracle to the Familiar”

Finally, a female perspective in the Nativity.

I wrote about American Modern Opera Company's stunning production of John Adams's Christmas oratorio El Niño at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The performance amplified the maternal voice within the Christmas story using Latin American poetry and embraced common human experiences such as childbirth, violence, and hunger, mingling them with the spiritual to bring within reach a sense of the miraculous.

NYC Correspondent columns for About Basque Country

"Kulunka Teatro's Andre and Dorine is a play right on time--and out of it"

​A recent touring production by an internationally renowned mask and puppet theatre company from Basque Country tells a timeless story in inventive ways.

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"Tracing a Musical Source in Basque Country: the Birthplace of Maurice Ravel"

A pilgrimage to the famed composer's origins along the Bay of Biscay.

Select Reviews: Travel, food, culture

"Two meals in Basque Country: a delicious study in contrast"
Sampling two slices of the food capital of the world.

"Cincinnati's Abigail Street"
Warming Mediterranean on a cold winter's night.

"A Drink in the Clouds: NYC's Ophelia"
A rooftop cocktail bar where you may or may not find Frank Sinatra.

Editorial for Clyde Fitch Report, the nexus of art and politics

"Calling 'Doctor Atomic': In Santa Fe, Peter Sellars Revisits the Bomb"
An interview with the legendary director as the landmark opera exploring the power--and angst--of Robert Oppenheimer opens in Santa Fe.

"In the Age of #MeToo, I'm Thinking About Yuja Wang"
On the glass ceiling of women's concert attire.

"Omaha's Under the Radar Festival is OUTR of this World"
Inclusive, experimental art in Nebraska.

"How 'Nailed It' Fails It"
What the Pinterest-inspired Netflix series gets all wrong.

"10 Nominees for Trump's Chair, National Endowment for the Arts"
A solid, speculative list for the nation's top arts post.

"Must be the Bourbon: Inclusive Classical Music in Kentucky"
The Louisville Orchestra has nourished a community around new music for decades.

"Can Divan Orchestra Bring Peace to the Middle East?"
An experiment in cultural diplomacy.

"Triangle Shirtwaist Burns with 'Fire in My Mouth' Oratorio"
A NY-inspired premiere by Julia Woolf at the NY Phil.

"Classical Music Gets a Modern Makeover by Women"
Women composers (finally) produced at the Metropolitan Opera.