BWW Reviews: LA BOHEME at Amora Opera: Small Company, Huge Voices
The vocal prowess of the Amore Opera singers is superb with rich nuance and controlled power behind the voices.
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BWW Reviews: BARBER OF SEVILLE Brings All Ages to the Met
What a delight to go to the opera house among so many children, each bustling with excitement for what I can only imagine was the first time for many.
BWW Reviews: AIDA, the Larger-Than-Life Verdi Opera, Comes to the Met for Another Season
Aida has been among the most popular operas in the Met's repertory since the "German Seasons" in the 1880s and this season's production follows suit.
BWW Reviews: Austin Lyric Opera Presents a Perfect PAGLIACCI
Whether you are an opera connoisseur or an opera virgin, Austin Lyric Opera's production of PAGLIACCI is a must see.
BWW Reviews: HGO's THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS Sparkles with Rib-Tickling Whimsy
Houston Grand Opera is performing Gioachino Rossini's splendid, humorous, and simply delightful L'italiana in Algeri or THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS for the first time.
BWW Reviews: HGO's Splendid, Opulent LA BOHÈME is an Immaculate Production
Houston Grand Opera is opening its 2012-2013 season with a lavish and fresh production of one of the world's favorite operas, LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini.
BWW Reviews: MOBY DICK a New Classic With Reimagined Opera
Storytelling at its best, San Francisco Opera's co-production of new opera "Moby Dick" overwhelms upon sight and hearing.
BWW Reviews: San Francisco Opera's New CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES is Breathtaking
Vincenzo Bellini's opera based on "Romeo and Juliet" does not follow the traditional Shakespeare plot, so it seems appropriate that the San Francisco Opera production, too, should veer away from traditional sets and costumes and create a world of its own.
BWW Reviews: San Jose Finds a Rare Pearl in Bizet's THE PEARL FISHERS
Google the "Pearl Fishers Duet" and you'll find almost every famous opera singer has sung the exquisitely beautiful song.
BWW Reviews: Union Avenue Opera's Charmingly 'Reduced' DAS RHEINGOLD
I've seen the Union Avenue Opera's current production described as "Wagner-lite", and to a degree, that's true.
BWW Reviews: TROUBLE IN TAHITI Full of Promise and Proposals
The opening of Leonard Bernstein's TROUBLE IN TAHITI in Cape Town this week was cause for great excitement and justifiably so.
BWW Reviews: Santa Fe Opera Opens Season with Startling Production of TOSCA
In the best tradition of grand opera, Tosca has it all; love, lust, evil, betrayal, hate, suicide, even an execution.
BWW Reviews: HGO's NEW ARRIVALS - A Touching and Inspiring Opera
During the month of June, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) in conjunction with Asia Society Texas produced and premiered a fantastic and newly commissioned opera New Arrivals, featuring a libretto by Catherine Filloux and music by John Glover.
BWW Reviews: Viva VERDI Comes Alive in SF Opera's New ATTILA
One of Giuseppe Verdi's lesser-performed operas, Attila lacks the hummable songs that have brought his better-known operas into popular culture.
BWW Reviews: New MAGIC FLUTE Full of Color and Wonder at SF Opera
Polka dots, neon and pastel colors, and innovative use of projector technology comprise a cheerful and vivid new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, which premiered Wednesday night at the San Francisco Opera Memorial House.
BWW Reviews: EIF's LOVE IN A LIBRARY Guerrilla Opera Focuses on the Music
A simple love story between a librarian and a young English teacher is the excuse for a twenty minute jukebox opera, inflicted on unsuspecting Edinburgh library goers all this week.
BWW Reviews: DARK SISTERS Might Surprise You
DARK SISTERS, the new opera about a polygamist family with music by Nico Muhly, and libretto by Stephen Karam, takes a cue from the recent trial of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
BWW Reviews: Nashville Opera's RIGOLETTO
Rife with corruption and intrigue, teeming with forbidden love and deception, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto is among the most often performed operas in America - and Nashville Opera closes out its 2009-2010 season with a beautifully designed and sumptuously mounted production of the Italian masterpiece