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.
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BWW Review: QUEEN OF SPADES in Des Moines Sets Off Fireworks of Its Own in Time for the Holiday
While fireworks may have been going off outside on July 3, Des the Des Moines Metro Opera continued their grand opening weekend after a year with no live opera.
BWW Review: Attend the Tale of SWEENEY TODD in Des Moines—the Perfect Evening After a Year Without Theatre
On June 27th, 2019, Des Moines Metro Opera announced its 2020 season to the public but what captured my attention was a barber's chair dimly lit by a window above it.
BWW Review: Beethoven Rises from the Dead at Green-Wood Cemetery Thanks to Violinist Gil Shaham, The Knights and “Death of Classical”
Pre-Covid, to quote an old groaner, people were dying to get into Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery for the Angel’s Share concert series spearheaded by Andrew Ousley, producer of “Death of Classical.
BWW Review: COSI FAN TUTTE at Opera Wroclaw
Opera is not always easy to digest, but this piece is an ideal start for beginners.
BWW Review: EXPRESS G&S, Pleasance Theatre
Hop on the Express G&S and see a detective solve a mystery with the help of some of Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits.
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 Reivew: OTSL Gerdine Young Artists Shine in CENTER STAGE'
The Opera Theatre of St.
BWW Review: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' I DREAM A WORLD
Juneteenth celebrations in Saint Louis got off to an early start on Tuesday, June 15.
BWW Review: IOLANTHE, The Roman Theatre St Albans
Fantastical fairies and pompous politicians collide in this sweet satire, one of Britain's favourite operas.
BWW Review: New Works, Bold Voices at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened its New Works, Bold Voices Lab.
BWW Review: LA VOIX HUMAINE Opens At Saint Louis Opera Theatre
Alone on stage.
BWW Review: L'EGISTO, Cockpit Theatre
Hampstead Garden Opera bring a slice of 17th century Venetian sensibility to our Covidy times.
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: New Name, Same Competition as Met Council Awards Morph into Laffont Competition and Announce 2021 Winners
On Sunday afternoon, the winners of what had been the Met’s annual National Council Auditions now, the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (charmingly emceed by Ryan Speedo Green), were named.
BWW Review: Los Angeles Opera and Opera San Jose Celebrate Latina Composers
On Saturday, May 15, 2021, Los Angeles Opera and Opera San Jose presented a recital honoring Latina composers.
BWW Review: All Hail the Met's “Wagnerians in Concert,” Live from Wiesbaden, Germany
With nary a “Ho-yo-to-ho” to be heard, the Met’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series brought four eminent Wagnerians--sopranos Christine Goerke and Elza van den Heever, tenor Andreas Schager and baritone Michael Volle--together from the dazzlingly Baroque Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbad
BWW Review: dwb (driving while black) film at UrbanArias
The title and content of this filmed opera reminded me of a friend with a young biracial relative.
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: Lyricist-Librettist Mark Campbell Brings His Vision of the World to NY Festival of Song
Whether he’s writing about soldiers in World War I (SILENT NIGHT with Kevin Puts) or immigrants landing on Ellis Island (A NATION OF OTHERS with Paul Moravec), setting a ‘penny dreadful’-inspired story (ELIZABETH CREE with Puts) or looking inside a mad genius of technology [THE (R)EVOLUTION OF
BWW Review: DON PASQUALE at Opera Santa Barbara
Don Pasquale, directed by Josh Shaw, is a comic opera that pits the vivacious young Norina (Jana McIntyre) and her lover, Ernesto (Matthew Grills), against Ernesto's blustering, elderly uncle, Don Pasquale (Andrew Potter).
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.