BWW Reviews: DON CARLO Sounds Splendid But Misses Key Plot Points
When it comes to operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo has to be the most challenging one to produce.
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BWW Reviews: White-Hot Antonacci Captivates White Light Festival with ERA LA NOTTE at Lincoln Center
Live from New York, it's soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci! Lucky for us.
BWW Reviews: This FRAU Has No Shadow, But Plenty of Thrills at The Met
There are more famous operas than Richard Strauss's DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (The Woman without a Shadow), but you won't find one that is more exciting when all the pieces--and there are lots of them--come together.
BWW Reviews: Back to the 18th Century with Labadie, Persson and the New York Philharmonic
Handel wrote over 1000 da capo arias—a musical mainstay of Italian baroque operas--during his career, but none more thrilling than “Let the Bright Seraphim.
BWW Reviews: Local Baritone Enlivens KC Lyric Opera's Smart New Production of THE MAGIC FLUTE
Before the Kauffman Center for the Performing arts opened, co-productions with the likes of the San Francisco Opera seemed unthinkable, but now, the Lyric Opera teams with that company to present a new vision of THE MAJIC FLUTE.
BWW Reviews: Collegiate Chorale's MEFISTOFELE Makes a Deal with the Devil at Carnegie Hall
It's easy to see why the Collegiate Chorale chose Arrigo Boito's MEFISTOFELE for its season opener at Carnegie Hall last Wednesday.
BWW Reviews: SVADBA (Wedding) Makes US Premiere At Opera Philadelphia
The Queen of Puddings production of Ana Sokolovic's short opera made its US premiere at Opera Philadelphia with the assistance of FringeArts and a raucous reception
BWW Reviews: Love! Sex! Torture! The Met's TOSCA Has Everything (Great Music, Too)
Maybe next time around, the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Peter Gelb will hire film director Quentin Tarantino to do a production of Puccini's TOSCA.
BWW Reviews: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE - A Fun Frolic on the Seas
The Production Company rounded off its 2013 season last night with Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta The Pirates of Penzance.
BWW Reviews: TWO BOYS Conjoined by Internet Chat Rooms - Nico Muhly's New Opera Makes Its American Debut at the Met
It's not everyday that you watch the interconnectivity of two separate people communicating via Internet chat room.
BWW Reviews: INVISIBLE CITIES Offers a Total Immersion Experience at Union Station
INVISIBLE CITIES, the world's first large scale opera for wireless headphones, is being staged by The Industry, L.
BWW Reviews: Houston Grand Opera's AIDA is Spellbinding and Sumptuous
Giuseppe Verdi's 1871 opera AIDA is a worldwide phenomenon.
BWW Reviews: Triple-Threat at Carnegie Hall--DiDonato, Levine and the MET Orchestra
After a triumph in Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE at the Met, James Levine made it two in a row, as he returned with the MET Orchestra and soloist Joyce DiDonato to Carnegie Hall early this week for a concert of far-reaching styles and depth.
BWW Reviews: An Unexpected Star Turn at the Met's New EUGENE ONEGIN
The Metropolitan Opera may have chosen soprano Anna Netrebko to add star-power to its new season's opening production of Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN, but she was upstaged, figuratively speaking at least, by the thrilling performance of Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, as the poet Lenski.
BWW Reviews: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (THE FORCE OF DESTINY) Is a Thrilling Night of Grand Opera
Giuseppe Verdi's opera, filled with powerful emotions, has not been seen in Adelaide for over forty years, and this stupendous production leaves one wondering why that is so.
BWW Reviews: Some Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot and THE NOSE at the Met
It's not often that singers make their debuts on Broadway and then make a splash at the opera, but that's what happened when Paulo Szot--a Tony winner for “South Pacific”--opened in the Met's production of the Shostakovich opera THE NOSE in 2010.
BWW Reviews: Singers Brighten the Otherwise Dull NORMA
Bellini's “Norma” opened at the Metropolitan Opera last Monday night to a full audience giving resounding praise to the leading lady, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky.
BWW Reviews: Opera in the Height's LA TRAVIATA is Engrossing
When it comes to classic opera, Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most prominent composers.
BWW Reviews: NABUCCO Opens Opera Philadelphia Season With A La Scala Recreation
Opera Philadelphia stages NABUCCO with 19th Century sets, and some 19th Century Italian political intrigue
BWW Reviews: Hail to the Chief! James Levine Leads COSI FAN TUTTE in Return to the Met
Not many opera performances start with a standing ovation before a single note is sung, but the season's first COSI FAN TUTTE on September 24 was one of those rare occasions.
BWW Reviews: Skylight Revolutionizes Beethoven's 'Fidelio'
A magnificent revolution arrived when the curtain opened at the Skylight Music Theatre on Friday night.
BWW Reviews: ANNA NICOLE's 36DDs Gain AAA Status with New York City Opera at BAM's Next Wave Festival
With a story that is somehow poignant despite its scatological language, ANNA NICOLE's heroine is nicer than Berg's LULU, less lucky than TRAVIATA's Violetta and more cunning than MANON's Manon (though maybe not MANON LESCAUT's).
BWW Reviews Recordings: Trebs, Jonas and the Bicentennial Boys
Two-thirds into the bicentennial year of both Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, the recordings marking the occasions keep coming.
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Samson et Dalila Union Avenue Opera (8/14-8/22) |
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L’elisir d’amore Union Avenue Opera (7/24-8/01) |
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Fiddler on the Roof Union Avenue Opera (7/03-7/11) |