I know it is a theatre chat board, but I figured there would be some crossover. You all have been so gracious and helpful in the past, I figured I would take a shot with the high profile opening of Tosca last night.
Tomassini’s NY Times review is up now (would post link but on a train). Parterre.com has a thoughtful review up (very thorough) and contains links to James Jordan’s review from the Observer.
In sum, the Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) is fantastic, everything else is on the blah side, including the hyper literal production. I’m going on Wednesday and would be happy to post my thoughts here.
^^^ Please do let us know what you think when you've seen it. I just bought tickets for the live feed here in California.
Opera isn't an alien creature. It's just one end of a spectrum that runs from "plays with music" through musical revues, musical plays, etc., to opera at the other end.
FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS, PORGY AND BESS, STREET SCENE, EVITA--quite a few operas have been written with Broadway in mind.
I'll also add to your list the following operas that are regularly performed at major opera houses, or are operas that have had major theatrical non-operatic productions:
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Posted: 1/1/18 at 10:36am