BWW Review: PAGLIACCI at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago announced that registration is now open for audiences to secure a free link to screen its new, original film production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, made at the Lyric Opera House.
Classical Music Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Classical Music.
Our Classical Music Critics
View All ›
BWW Review: TOUR DE PARIS WITH ALEX ROOSE at St. John's Church, Adelaide
A musical tour of Paris in the Baroque period.
BWW Review: PROM 17: VIKINGUR ÓLAFSSON, Royal Albert Hall
Tightly-buttoned Bach met a bombastic Shostakovich in this demonstration of four radically different works that came across as either under- or expressly overstated.
BWW Review: SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY'S OPENING CONCERT AT THE NEW RADY SHELL AMPHITHEATER in Jacobs Park
What was a makes-you-jump BOOM!! doing in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue? Had someone mistakenly lit an 1812 Overture cannon? Were we under attack?! Oh wait! It was just a bass drum resonating through the San Diego Symphony’s spectacular new state-of-the-art sound system at the Rady Shell.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Simulcast To Cars in Parking Lot
British stage director Netia Jones put her singular stamp on a production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream seen at the Santa Fe Opera on August 4, 2021.
BWW Review: MAZEPPA - Opera Blockbuster at Bolshoi Theatre
Recently the Bolshoi Theatre presented Tchaikovsky's three acts opera 'Mazeppa', based on Pushkin's poem 'Poltava', part of cultural legacy of Mazeppa.
BWW Review: J'Nai Bridges Recital for LA Opera
On June 22, I watched J’Nai Bridges’ online recital at Los Angeles Opera’s website.
BWW Review: LA VOIX HUMAINE Opens At Saint Louis Opera Theatre
Alone on stage.
BWW Review: HIGHWAY 1, USA Opens at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Opera Theatre Saint Louis continues its refreshing festival season with a revival of the rarely seen Highway 1, U.
BWW Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI at Opera Theatre Saint Louis
The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened it’s festival season last night with a sheer delight: Puccini’s delectable one-act comedy, Gianni Schicchi.
BWW Review: BRYAN HYMEL RECITAL FOR ARIZONA OPERA AND TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL
On April 28, 2021, Arizona Opera, in partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival, presented an online recital by dramatic tenor Bryan Hymel and pianist Michael Borowitz.
BWW Review: THE SAN DIEGO OPERA'S BARBER OF SEVILLE at Pechanga Sports Arena
The San Diego Opera continued its quixotic foray into parking-lot adventures with The Barber of Seville by Rossini, social distancing once again forcing substantial changes to a production's length and cast size.
BWW Review: TIPPET RISE SPRING FESTIVAL at Streaming From Tippet Rise Art Center
Commencing Friday, April 16 running through Sunday, April 18, Tippet Rise on Tour will premiere ten short films featuring eclectic musical performances, readings of poetry, and live discussions with some of the musicians.
BWW Review: THE IMPRESARIO at Enigma Chamber Opera
There is a lot good about Enigma Chamber Opera’s new meta-comedy adaptation of Mozart’s The Impresario, but the highest praise must be reserved for its formatting as a highly scroll-able hour-long entertainment (mainly because it is actually at most a 20 minute performance trapped inside a redun
BWW Review: Merola Opera Program: ANYTHING FOR LOVE AND HONOR
On Sunday, March 21, 2021, tenor Issachah Savage and collaborative pianist Laurie Rogers gave a half-hour recital called Anything for Love and Honor for the Merola Opera Program.
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Streams SIEGFRIED
On March 20, 2021, San Francisco Opera presented a free stream of Richard Wagner’s opera Siegfried as part of Francesca Zambello’s 2017-2018 American Ring.
BWW Review: SUOR ANGELICA Opens at Winter Opera Saint Louis
Winter Opera Saint Louis rises from its pandemic slumber with a very lovely production of one of Puccini’s more rarely performed works—Suor Angelica.
BWW Review: THE ART OF MUSICK - THE MUSIC OF HENRY PURCELL AND JOHN BLOW at Adelaide Town Hall
Purcell was the greatest English composer until the arrival of Elgar.
BWW Review: A CHILD OF OUR TIME: ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2021 at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
It begins with the mezzo-soprano, the wonderful Elizabeth Campbell.
BWW Review: Houston Opera's Jack Swanson Recital
On Friday evening March 12, 2021, Houston Grand Opera presented Live from The Cullen: Jack Swanson and Richard Bado in a wide-ranging recital of music by Robert Schumann, Leonard Bernstein, Roger Quilter, Kurt Weill, Franz Liszt, and Gioachino Rossini.
BWW Review: Santa Fe Opera Online Benefit Concert
On March 11, 2021, Santa Fe Opera presented an online benefit concert for its renowned apprentice programs.
BWW Review: BOULDER OPERA THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at Home Computer Screens
On Sunday afternoon March 7, 2021, The Boulder Opera Company of Colorado presented Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro to audiences in the theater and online.
BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD at Home Computer Screens
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, San Francisco Opera did a wonderful thing.
BWW Review: LA Opera's DIGITAL SHORT DEATH Now Streaming
Los Angeles Opera’s digital short film, Death, is Nadia Hallgren’s nine-minute creative take on Paul Laurence Dunbar’s turn-of-the 20th century poem, entitled Death.
BWW Review: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING from Pittsburgh Festival Opera
On February 14, 2021, Valentine’s Day, Pittsburgh Festival Opera presented seven singers in a romantic concert entitled Some Enchanted Evening.