BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's DON CARLOS Is A Feast For The Senses
Opera Australia pairs the beautiful grandeur of 17th Century Spain with Giuseppe Verdi's fabulous score as they bring DON CARLOS back to the Sydney Opera House.
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BWW Reviews: DON GIOVANNI Seduces St. Louis!
From the moment that Scott Schoonover raised his baton to invoke that incredible athletic overture it was re-confirmed to me that DON GIOVANNI is indeed the zenith of 18th Century opera
BWW Reviews: LA TRAVIATA, a Tragic Love Story Of Pleasure, Passion And Prejudice Is Beautifully Bought to Life by Opera Australia
The tragic tale of the Courtesan and Nobleman, driven apart by a father concerned for his family's reputation is played out in Giuseppe Verdi's LA TRAVIATA.
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's Presentation Of Puccini's Love Story TURANDOT Is a Feast For The Senses
Opera Australia's production of TURANDOT blends Puccini's famous music with striking costumes and elements of Chinese Opera to encourage the audience to imagine an Imperial China filled with crowds waiting for the execution of the latest suitor to fail the Princess' challenge.
BWW Reviews: Israeli Opera Festival Takes the Leap with TOSCA, Staged at the Foot of the Historic Masada Fortress
At Masada—the mountain fortress in Israel's Judean Desert--a group of besieged Jewish rebels killed themselves rather than be taken alive by the Romans almost 2000 years ago.
BWW Reviews: In the Battle of the BARBIEREs, On Site Opera Picks a Winner
Pity the poor also-rans in operatic history: Leoncavallo's LA BOHEME and even Rossini's OTELLO are perhaps the most famous titles.
BWW Reviews: AIDA at Music Theatre Wichita
Music Theatre Wichita is off and running.
BWW Reviews: EMMELINE Will Wring Your Heart at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
This review was first published by KDHX 88-1 St.
BWW Reviews: Skylark Opera Offers Two Different but Equally Satisfying Music-Theater Shows in their Annual Summer Festival
One of the theatrical highlights of the summer, Skylark Opera's Annual Summer Festival, is upon us! As usual, the two shows playing in repertoire include one that's more of a traditional opera (but always in English) and one that skews a bit more towards musical theater: Puccini's LA RONDINE and
BWW Reviews: NYGASP's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Delightfully Invades Wolf Trap
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan's classic romp of an opera is pleasure enough; but the lovely open air setting of Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center on a pleasant summer's eve makes the frolics of tender-hearted pirates, not-so-naive maidens and a constabulary force who seem to have misp
BWW Reviews: Opera Lafayette Proves That It Takes a VILLAGE(OISE) to Charm New York
It didn't have a ten-ton set, a fake diva flying from a parapet, or a star-studded cast, but Opera Lafayette's L'EPREUVE VILLAGEOISE (THE VILLAGE TRIAL) had one thing noticeably absent from the opera stage in New York this season: charm aplenty, charm galore.
BWW Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis' RICHARD THE LIONHEART Astonishes with its Beauty
This review was first published by KDHX, St.
BWW Reviews: RINALDO - The Opera That a True Nerd Can Handel
A long, long time ago, in a land far, far away…a man named George Fredric Handel crafted an opera entitled Rinaldo.
BWW Reviews: Puccini's LA RONDINE is a Winner at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
A rare Puccini receives a lovely production: 'La rondine' at Opera Theatre of St.
BWW Reviews: Opera Theatre of St. Louis' Unique and Amusing Take on THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
I think I bring this up every time I write about an opera, but it's just so funny to me that most of my early exposure to the medium came through films that I saw on TV when I was kid.
BWW Review: M'DEA UNDONE, Not Your Typical Opera
Adapted from a scene of Euripides' Medea, the Tapestry Opera's latest production of M'DEA UNDONE brings the myth and tragedy of this classic story to modern times.
BWW Reviews: Theatre Baton Rouge's MASTER CLASS Teaches Audiences a Thing or Two About Maria Callas
Whether audience members know, or let alone have heard, about opera singer Maria Callas, Master Class offers much to contemplate about the dedication towards one's art.
BWW Reviews: MAID TO MARRY Presents Chic, Romantic Opera at Third Avenue Playhouse
Be shaken as well as stirred by this inventive trio at Sturgeon Bay's Third Avenue Playhouse.
BWW Reviews: THE SKYLIGHT RING Reinvents Wagner's Mythic Opera with Intimate Style
Forget what might be known or understood regarding Richard Wagner's epic The Ring Cycle- a legendary series of four complete operas he composed over 26 years ( 1848-1874) that requires more than 18 hours to perform.
BWW Reviews: BALLO with Radvanovsky, Beczala and Markov Ends Met Season with a Bang
The Met was running on all cylinders for the last performance of the season, with Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA in an energized version of the production that premiered in 2012.
BWW Reviews: CANZONE DE MIO PADRE (SONGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME) Was A Collection Of Italian Tenor Favourites
Anybody who enjoys full throated singing, and a swirling orchestral backing, would have been as a delighted as I was.
BWW Reviews: Urban Opera Sings About Disintegrating Housing Estate
An urban opera about the social impact of the regeneration of St.
BWW Reviews: CAV/PAG, Those Verismo Twins, Still Tied at the Hip at the Met
It was 'out with the old, in with the new' for another of the Franco Zeffirelli productions that were once the Metropolitan Opera's bread and butter, designed for audiences to cheer for the scenery even when the cast might not have been top drawer.
BWW Reviews: A Colorful CINDERELLA Enchants Washington National Opera
The finale of Washington National Opera's season, Cinderella, is an enchanting and vibrant retelling of a classic fairy tale with an imaginative twist.
BWW Reviews: CINDERELLA Steals Hearts in Lyrical Production at Washington National Opera
CINDERELLA wins more than bracelets in Washington National Opera's closing opera of the season.