Sentence examples for audacious opera from inspiring English sources

His audacious opera "The Handmaid's Tale," based on Margaret Atwood's futuristic novel, received its premiere in 2000 at the Royal Danish Opera.

What had sold out were three performances of Gyorgy Ligeti's musically audacious opera "Le Grand Macabre," a bleakly satirical tale set in an "anytime" century, first performed in Stockholm in 1978.

Lusty bravos greeted the dynamic performance of the concerto, brilliantly conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw, who returned to conduct "Mysteries of the Macabre," the supervirtuosic coloratura aria from Mr. Ligeti's audacious opera, "Le Grand Macabre," arranged for chamber orchestra and performed here by the fearless soprano Barbara Hannigan.

Not many composers around right now — at least among those who are writing audacious operas and symphonic works for major international institutions — are also capable of playing the challenging piano part of Ravel's Trio in A minor.

The other knockout was William Kentridge's cinematic staging of Shostakovich's audacious early opera "The Nose," based on Gogol's short story, with Valery Gergiev conducting an incandescent performance.

An early milestone in his tenure came in the spring of 2010, when Mr. Gilbert conducted the New York premiere of Gyorgy Ligeti's audacious 1978 opera "La Grand Macabre," in an inventive production by Doug Fitch.

François d'Assise," an audacious five-hour opera, a profoundly moving masterpiece of the late 20th century.

At its London premiere I thought "The Tempest" one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to have come along in years.

(Tommasini) ★ 'The Tempest' (Saturday and Wednesday) At its 2004 premiere in London, "The Tempest," the composer Thomas Adès's adaptation of the Shakespeare play, seemed like one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to come along in many years.

Writing in The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini called the production, presented here by "Great Performances at the Met," "one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to have come along in years".

(Tommasini) ★ 'The Tempest' (Saturday) At its 2004 premiere in London, this work, the composer Thomas Adès's adaptation of the Shakespeare play, seemed like one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to come along in many years.