The New York Times

‘As Living as Opera Can Get’: John Cage’s Anarchic Anti-Canon

In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit. By Joshua Barone The start was typical: Oper ...
North Country Public Radio

An unlikely opera for America's birthday summons dissonance and harmony

When John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted ...

Detroit Opera's immersive show asks 'What is an American?'

Detroit Opera and Cranbrook present an immersive 'musicircus' for America's 250th, exploring what it means to be American.
The New York Times

John Cage’s Everything Everywhere All at Once America Returns

“Apartment House 1776,” written for the United States’ bicentennial, is getting an immersive new production with a skeptical twist. The Detroit Opera production of “Apartment House 1776” opens this ...
The Macomb Daily

Detroit Opera pushes the envelope with John Cage’s ‘Europeras’

There are certainly some opera purists who wring their hands over John Cage’s “Europeras 3 & 4.” The piece, which Detroit Opera performs this weekend at the Gem Theatre, is opera as a full-contact ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Europeras 3 & 4’ Review: John Cage’s Controlled Chaos

What happens when you put classic European operas into a Mixmaster on stage? You get John Cage’s cycle “Europeras 1-5,” a series of happenings devised between 1987 and 1991. Yuval Sharon’s Detroit ...