A smoking <em>Traviata</em> A smoking <em>Traviata</em>

Restrictions encourage creative staging, for which the Berkshire Opera Festival is renowned.

By September 08, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Meninas and meninos Meninas and meninos

Despite the practically unmitigated fiasco of the last Verdi concert opera performance seen in Boston, I approached Sunday’s Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras performance of Don Carlo at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre with much more optimism.

By January 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Let the children come to me Let the children come to me

It says something about Boston’s opera scene that one of the most consistently ambitious events of the opera season is a one-off performance played by the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.

By January 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Bloody Mary, Hold the Pepper Bloody Mary, Hold the Pepper

Come ye addicts of melody! After long eclipse, Bel Canto shines again!

By November 05, 2019 at 9:00 AM
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What’s at stake for a soul on fire? What’s at stake for a soul on fire?

Norman Dello Joio, who was knocking about winning prizes for film and TV scores, composed The Trial at Rouen, his second opera on the subject, for NBC.

By December 06, 2017 at 8:00 AM
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