Alice Goodman in Fulbourn, England. Credit Nadine Ijewere for “The New York Times”
My New York Times story on the poet and librettist Alice Goodman is now online:
When “Nixon in China” had its premiere at Houston Grand Opera on Oct. 22, 1987, there had never been anything quite like it. No previous American opera — perhaps no opera, ever — had so boldly dealt with recent political history…
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MEMETERIA by Thomas May 