I write about music and culture.https://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mrqldpxzi22jA new column for Opera Now, on my favourite productions of the post popular operas. First up: Herheim and Zeffirelli’s Bohèmes. https://www.opera-now.com/content/features/side-by-side-la-boheme-zeffirelli-vs-herheim-two-sides-of-the-same-coin28 Jul 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqldpxzi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mpo7gsxxoc25I talked to the brilliant, hilarious Barrie Kosky about the challenges of staging Frau ohne Schatten, for @parterrebox.bsky.social https://parterre.com/2026/07/02/extravagant-minimalism/02 Jul 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo7gsxxoc25https://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mpiy44qiys2uI interviewed Nicky Spence on Pride, parenting, and Schoenberg, for @bachtrack.com https://bachtrack.com/22/271/view/3106730 Jun 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiy44qiys2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mmmcqiwhu22x“to cancel vast swathes of the operatic repertory in order to placate activists or mischief-makers would be utterly unacceptable” maybe white people should stop [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 May 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmcqiwhu22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mkn6rspx5k24I wrote about AI, autotune, and Walter Benjamin for the Brooklyn Rail https://brooklynrail.org/2026/05/music/vox-artificialis/29 Apr 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn6rspx5k24https://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mk65soyfuk26My interview with Barbara Hannigan, for @parterrebox.bsky.social https://parterre.com/2026/04/23/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/23 Apr 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk65soyfuk26https://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mjwjhxqjkc2zOn Luca Guadagnino’s Death of Klinghoffer, for @thetimes.com https://www.thetimes.com/culture/classical-opera/article/the-death-of-klinghoffer-review-luca-guadagnino-unveils-a-masterpiece-0ktw68z0h20 Apr 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwjhxqjkc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mjv7uxyjfk2iThe operatic event of the year20 Apr 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjv7uxyjfk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mjpcgm3htc2xOn Weimar, French chanson, and Anne Sofie von Otter’s long and varied career, for @bachtrack.com https://bachtrack.com/interview-anne-sofie-von-otter-cadogan-hall-april-202617 Apr 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpcgm3htc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevinng.bsky.social/post/3mjndgv2s3c2fOn Susan Sontag, La Bohème, and the aestheticization of illness https://vancouveropera.substack.com/p/beautifuldeaths16 Apr 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:typ2nljbihoyddcs5gg6et2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjndgv2s3c2f