(AP) Thomas Ades wanted to be provocative in his first opera, Powder Her Face, when he composed a scene in which he musically depicts a sex act between the Duchess of Argyll and a waiter. Not enough ...

They also discuss the impact of the immense acclaim that followed the success of his first opera, Powder Her Face, and the the significant influence of another composer upon Adès - the Hungarian ...

Powder Her Face, an ‘opera-portrait’ written in 1995 by the then 24-year-old Thomas Adès, is an abbreviated and only slightly masked in the libretto operatic biography of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, ...

Press notes might insist that the venue (used here for opera for the first time) is “intimate”, but I can’t work out whether it’s the exposed pipe-work or the towering, tiered rows of seating that is ...

Thomas Adès led the New York Philharmonic in an expanded version of his “America: A Prophecy” that strikes notes of caution and consolation. By Joshua Barone Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and ...