Review: DIDO AND AENEAS at Bodhi Tree Concerts is filled with 'Music, Love, Magic, And Tragedy'
The opera DIDO AND AENEAS may clock in under an hour, but this production by Bodhi Tree Concerts is a delightful evening spent at a theatre.
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Review: New Camerata Opera Has 'Something Familiar, Something Peculiar…' in Its Boulanger-Ravel Double Bill at the Irondale Center
The new opera season started out for me far from Lincoln Center’s madding crowds, in Brooklyn’s Irondale Center, near BAM, with a pair of short pieces by French composers that definitely had their charms.
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at Opera San José Transports the Action to Colorful Northern India
What did our critic think? BroadwayWorld reviews Opera San Jose's vibrant new production of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' set in a colorful Northern India, running through September 25th.
Review: THE BEAR and AND I DECIDED..., Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde
Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Union Avenue Opera
This, Sondheim's most charming work, receives a splendid production at Union Avenue Opera.
Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE, Arcola Theatre
Mozart’s elaborately plotted Singspiel concerning Prince Tamino’s fish-out-of-water immersion in a fantasy land of seductive Egyptian cults, demons, and vengeful queens resists straightforward transferral to a modern setting, but this is what Opera Alegría has attempted.
Review: Preview of Upcoming AMERICAN APOLLO Brings Des Moines Metro Opera Season to a Fine End
Des Moines Metro Opera recently brought its 50th Anniversary season to a close, and they saved a special treat for their audiences.
Review: HMS PINAFORE, Opera Holland Park
The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now
Review: A THOUSAND ACRES by Kristin Kuster and Mark Campbell Makes a Stunning World Premiere at Des Moines Metro Opera
When an organization reaches a milestone like 50 years, it can be easy to look back at everything that brought you to that milestone.
Review: BLACK, EL PAYASO, THE CLOWN, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Grimeborn delivers another little gem with this pared back version of a somewhat obscure Spanish zarzuela
Review: FALSTAFF at Union Avenue Opera
Verdi's Falstaff is another glittering gem in the train of Union Avenue Opera.
Review: It's THREE DECEMBERS in July at Berkshire Opera Festival in New York
I’ve heard much praise about the quality of the vocal writing of Jake Heggie from singers who adore the way his music caresses their voices.
Review: DIE LUSTIGE WITWE/THE MERRY WIDOW at Opera On The Lake
What did our critic think of THE MERRY WIDDOW at Opera On The Lake? Opera On the Lake is thrilled to be bringing Franz Lehar's operetta masterpiece to life at the Como Lakeside Pavilion on July 26, 27, and 29, 2022!
Review: LITTLE WOMEN, Opera Holland Park
Bold programming pays off with an opera that has its demands but offers rewards in equal measure
Review: SUOR ANGELICA at Clayton Wesley Uniting Church
An intimate and sensitive performance.
Review: MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park
What did our critic think of MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park? You have to applaud Opera Holland Park for not only focusing on money-spinning blockbusters, but for giving rarely performed works an airing.
Review: MANON at Opera Wroclaw
What did our critic think of MANON at Opera Wroclaw? Manon has it all.
Review: J'NAI BRIDGES At Caramoor
Mezzo delivers powerful evening of song highlighting African American composers.
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Des Moines Metro Opera
Starting a theatre company is no easy feat, but for a theatre to be around for 50 years is something worth celebrating.
BWW Review: OTELLO, Royal Opera House
Russell Thomas, Christopher Maltman and Hrachuhi Bassénz excel in an emotional and relevant production of Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterful study of jealousy, ruthlessness and much more.
Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at Union Avenue Opera
Glorious voices fill Tchaikovsky's masterpiece with beauty.
Review: CENTER STAGE at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
What did our critic think? Center Stage is a great smörgåsbord of opera- No, no, that's far too Swedish and Lutheran and heavy.
Review: Snider's MASS Never Feels Endangered in Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs
Last week, “The Angel’s Share”--which falls under the 'Death of Classical' umbrella--kicked off its new season at Green-Wood with a deeply poignant piece, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s MASS FOR THE ENDANGERED, a re-imagining of the Latin Mass with text, combining traditional and new, by poet Natha
Review: Met Orchestra with Goerke, Jovanovich, Owens under Nezet-Seguin Conquers Wagner, Lets Mazzoli Shine Through
You’d have thought that the Met Orchestra would have had enough by the end of the season in the opera house, but, no.
BWW Review: MADAME BUTTERFLY at Opera Wroclaw
If you want to witness the materialization of the word beauty, see this show.