Maria Kataeva makes a promising US debut in an otherwise uneven revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia in San Francisco.
The plight of two women, each from different backgrounds, was on full display in San Francisco opera houses last week.
Original Director Richard Jones and revival director Benjamin Davis have created a staging that veers wildly between fascinating and fatally flawed.
It’s been a rough winter in Chicago, and an especially rough one for lead singers at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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