BWW Reviews: G&S FEST: PRINCESS IDA Completes A Trio Of Savoy Operettas
The third and final production in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society's Festival at the Arts Theatre is G&S Fest: Princess Ida.
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BWW Reviews: DIE WALKURE at Houston Grand Opera, Wunderbar
Incest, power trips and a rebel with a cause are a few of the things we see in Houston Grand Opera's production DIE WALKÜRE.
BWW Reviews: THE IMPRESARIO Delights St. Louis at Gateway Opera
Gateway Opera's production of Mozart's The Impresario is one of the most delightful evenings of opera that I've ever experienced.
BWW Reviews: THREEPENNY OPERA at Villanova Goes Back to Brecht
Valerie Joyce and a fine cast go back to the roots of Brecht's THREEPENNY OPERA and uncover a feminist treasure trove
BWW Review: San Diego Opera Again Proves Itself Worthy of 'Must-See' Status
A display of operatic and symphonic talent rarely seen and heard on one stage
BWW Reviews: What A Day for an Auto-da-fe and DON CARLO at the Met
What a great idea it was for the Met to mount revivals of Verdi's ERNANI and DON CARLO at the same time! It offers an opportunity to compare two operas that have much in common--and a production well worth seeing.
BWW Reviews: Without Gypsies or Mistaken Identities, Soprano Meade Wins Four-Sided Tug of War in ERNANI at the Met
Nine years before IL TROVATORE took the prize for Verdi's most outlandish story line--with gypsies, stolen babies and mistaken identities--there was ERNANI, with a different kind of complicated plot to make your head spin.
BWW Reviews: Oh!'s LA TRAGEDIE DE CARMEN Not Bizet But Far From A Tragedy
Peter Brook's pared down LA TRAGEDIE DE CARMEN is perfect for Opera in the Heights, but it lacks the magic and richness of Georges Bizet's CARMEN.
BWW Reviews: Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour's AIDA Combines The Timeless Story of Love and War With The Sydney Skyline
Giuseppe Verdi's AIDA, written to open the Khedivial Opera House in Egypt in 1871, proves its timelessness as Director Gale Edwards blends old and new worlds on the waterfront stage.
BWW Reviews: Thrills and Chills at Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Finals Concert
Long before there was “American Idol” or “The Voice,” there were the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions.
BWW Reviews: In LUCIA at the Met, Tenor Calleja Has the Last Word
The title role of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR was so important to star sopranos during the last half of the 20th century, that it's hard to recall that in Caruso's day, the tenor was the main attraction.
BWW Reviews: Missed Opportunities Abound in SEMELE from Canadian Opera at BAM
The Canadian Opera Company's production of Handel's SEMELE came to BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House complete with a marvelous 17-ton Ming Dynasty temple, transported from the town of Quhou, China.
BWW Reviews: 'China' Comes to San Diego Opera
In a bold move, SDO premiered a production of John Adams' most frequently performed opera
BWW Reviews: Daredevil Damrau and Glorious Grigolo Make MANON Sizzle at the Met
Soprano Diana Damrau did another of her high-wire acts at the Met this week, with her third role debut here in under two years.
BWW Reviews: New Line Theatre's Shocking and Superb JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA
I always know to expect the unexpected when I attend a production by New Line Theatre.
BWW Reviews: SEMELE at BAM, Handel in a Temple
Zang Huan's imaginative retelling of the baroque Opera at BAM as performed by the Canadian Opera Company.
BWW Reviews: Soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci Is Only HUMAINE in Poulenc Opera at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall
It's an old story: Woman meets man.
BWW Reviews: An Adrift FLYING DUTCHMAN Makes Port at Washington National Opera
Passionate performances by Libor, Morris and Owens are what propel an otherwise adrift Flying Dutchman.
BWW Reviews: LA DONNA DEL LAGO is Far from Pitch-Perfect at the Met
Maria Callas got the world used to hearing singing that was not always pitch-perfect yet still essential listening.
BWW Reviews: That Voice, Voluminous and Voluptuous, Marks Mezzo Jamie Barton Debut at Zankel Hall
It's the wrong time of year to expect a hurricane in New York, but that didn't stop mezzo Jamie Barton from taking Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall by storm this week.
BWW Reviews: OSCAR East Coast Premiere at Opera Philadelphia
The joint production of Santa Fe and Opera Philadelphia, Theodore Morrison's opera of the decline and fall of Oscar Wilde has its hits and misses.
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's FAUST Is A Fantastic Dance with The Devil
Opera Australia's new interpretation of FAUST is a delicious mix of hedonism, debauchery, desire and despair.
BWW Reviews: HGO's MAGIC FLUTE Hits Every Note
I am taken back to the first Opera I saw as a kid and the pomp and circumstance with wearing a tux and walking to the lavish theatre; this was when I fell in love with classical music.
BWW Reviews: With Mattei as the Lead and Gilbert at the Helm, GIOVANNI Settles the Score at the Met
I consider Mozart's DON GIOVANNI at the top of my list of favorite operas--the music starts to go through my head without much encouragement and gets stuck there.
Opera in the Heights Wins with the Rare LA CLEMENZA DI TITO
Mozart's infrequently performed LA CLEMENZA DI TITO is well-done by Opera in the Heights.