OPERA
MONDAY OCTOBER 22, 2018
7:00 PM

Piazzolla: Maria de Buenos Aires
New York City Opera
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$10-$50
https://nycopera.com/shows/maria-de-buenos-aires/

Astor Piazzolla's Nuevo Tango chamber opera is really good.  I mean, reallygood.  (Piazzolla didn't study with Nadia Boulanger for nothing.)  You'll have two chances to see it this season:  this well-received production, imported from Atlanta (where it was also performed in an alternative venue) by the foundering City Opera; and what should be a funkier, racier production by Bare Opera next Spring (although it shouldn't be ignored that this current production has the benefit of a renowned exponent of the title role and two first-rate tango dancers in the cast).  I say, why choose?  If you see it now, you'll want to see it again in the Spring.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Totally repetitious and unimaginative, but there is no way you won't be in the mood for cocktails after this.  Hence, Existing Conditions (the food is good, too).