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Lucia Lucas (in foreground) and the company of Four Portraits, by Caroline Shaw and Jocelyn Clarke, presented as part of the three-opera production Proximity at Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023 (photo: Todd Rosenberg)
Lucia Lucas (in foreground) and the company of Four Portraits, by Caroline Shaw and Jocelyn Clarke, presented as part of the three-opera production Proximity at Lyric Opera of Chicago 2023 (photo: Todd Rosenberg)
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Winter 2025
Article Published: 19 Dec 2024

The New American Canon: What are the traits of our flourishing national repertoire?

By David Patrick Stearns

The best-foot-forward moments in the opera world — season open­ings — are Americanizing opera well beyond the nostalgic idealism of generations past.

This article was published in the Winter 2025 issue of Opera America Magazine.

David Patrick Stearns

David Patrick Stearns is a classical music critic and columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a regular contributor to Gramophone, Musical America, and Classical Voice North America.
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