Review: ‘Golden Age’ offers a sneak pique at opera
Jealous sniping has always been in fashion, whatever the century. The backstage passions and vanities of a quartet of popular opera singers, plus a revered diva and a couple of renowned composers illuminate the New York City premiere of “Golden Age,” Terrence McNally’s play about an important evening in the life of 19th-century Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini.