Our task is to try and describe music in accessible language and everyday images, which is always hard. I just returned from Opera Philadelphia’s new festival, where over 72 hours I took in five operas, including three world premieres. (I find reviewing opera the easiest, since I become part theater critic. I studied music in college and graduate school, played lots of concerts and taught music at a college in Boston. That’s when a music critic can really matter, if a first performance is going to lead to a second, a third and a future for the piece.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2017 22:18 UTC