Review: LA FILLE DU REGIMENT, Royal Ballet And Opera
All's fair in love and war — at least until the hero storms in on a tank.
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Review: KING ROGER at Des Moines Metro Opera
This season, Des Moines Metro Opera is taking my favorite type of risk and doing an Opera that audiences might not be familiar with in their final, and most ambitious opera of the season, Karol Szymanowski's 'King Roger.
Review: EUGENE ONEGIN, The Grange Festival
Love, jealousy, arrogance, death and rejection, Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin has all the trappings of a grand opera, but in essence is a simple story.
Review: LA BOHÈME, Royal Ballet And Opera
On the opening night of director Richard Jones's excellent production of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, England's captain, Harry Kane, leads his team to the last 16 after scoring two goals against the Democratic of Congo in the World Cup.
Review: I PURITANI, Royal Ballet And Opera
Thirty-four years is a long time to leave an opera in the attic, and I puritani has spent most of that period gathering dust for good reason.
Review: TOSCA at La Monnaie
Before the curtain rises, a Pasolini quote appears.
Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Des Moines Metro Opera
As America celebrates is 250th birthday, 'Of Mice and Men' celebrates it and the 100th birthday of Carlise Floyd by revisiting this timeless story through a new lense.
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Wrocław Opera
It's no secret that I'm obsessed with this balet ensemble.
Review: CENTER STAGE at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
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Review: TOSCA at Des Moines Metro Opera
Summer has officially started with Des Moine Metro Opera's phenomenal production of 'Tosca.
Review: TURANDOT, Opera Holland Park
Less Orientalism, and less passion too, but the music sustains
Review: LA BOHÈME, The Grange Festival
Puccini's tear-jerker La bohème is always a crowd-pleaser for any opera festival.
Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
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Review: GIULIO CESARE, The Grange Festival
A new version of Handel's 1724 opera Giulio Cesare is always an exciting prospect.
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Royal Ballet And Opera
Mae West famously asked, 'Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?' Well, at the beginning of the relationship, he will no doubt be very happy to see you.
Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Opera Holland Park
There’s a certain neat irony at the heart of this.
Review: HEATHERS THE MUSICAL at Wellington Opera House
What did our critic think of HEATHERS THE MUSICAL at Wellington Opera House?
Review: AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: THREE 20-MINUTE OPERAS at Washington National Opera
The separation of the Washington National Opera from the overrun-and-soon-to-close Kennedy Center has meant next season’s eight planned productions, including five full length operas, will occur on five different stages in the D.
Review: TURANDOT Returns for Another Go-Around at the Met in Classic Zeffirelli Production
I’d say that “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is not a maxim that has ever been used for Puccini’s Chinese-inspired fairytale, TURANDOT, which returned for another go-around at the Met the other day with two alternating casts.
Review: IL TURCO IN ITALIA, Glyndebourne
Il Turco In Italia may not be Rossini's most famous work, but if there is any justice, this wonderful revival of Mariame Clément's 2021 Festival production will bring this opera to much wider attention.
Review: TOSCA, Glyndebourne
Tosca is Giacomo Puccini's fast-paced thriller of an opera; brimming with tension and political intrigue.
Review: Barber’s VANESSA – or Is It ERIKA? – Returns with Heartbeat Opera
I caught up with Heartbeat Opera’s reinvention of Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera, VANESSA, to Giancarlo Menotti’s libretto, a few days after its debut at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York, after premiering last summer at the Williamstown (MA) Theatre Festival.
Review: FRIDA Y DIEGO is the Ultimate Dream in Its Met Premiere
The story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera—two great Mexican artists who also happened to be in a tempestuous marriage—seems tailor-made for the opera stage.
Review: SAMSON ET DALILA, Royal Ballet And Opera
This revival of Richard Jones’s 2022 production of Samson et Dalila excels on a musical level with spectacular performances by Aigul Akhmetshina as Dalila and SeokJong Baek as Samson.
Review: PETER GRIMES, Royal Ballet And Opera
Peter Grimes hinges on balancing the duality between its chorus and Grimes as an individual.
