Adela Zaharia and Amartuvshin Enkhbat shine brightly in San Francisco Opera’s opening night Rigoletto.
La bohème at The Santa Fe Opera feels warmed over in more ways than one.
An impressive cast blurs binaries as John Adams‘s ambitious Antony and Cleopatra arrives at the Met
Breaking the Waves and Tannhaüser at Houston Grand Opera are a can’t-miss doubleheader of sex and miracles.
A stylish and funny Così fan tutte at LA Opera is a pretty glam affair, according to Patrick Mack.
Antony and Cleopatra was an auspicious start to San Francisco Opera’s second century, a performance that seems to improve as I continue to think about it.
“This used to be a funhouse… but now it’s full of evil clowns / It’s time to start the countdown…. I’m gonna burn it down”
How does one make a performance of standard opera repertoire like Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro feel “fresh?”
I have a confession to make. I have been taking Rigoletto for granted.
A regular day in 2018 Washington, D.C., or Verdi’s Don Carlo?
Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago, a rousing performance both musically and dramatically.
You’d think by now I’d know better than to make snap judgments about an opera or a singer—but apparently not.
It’s a pity that Francis Poulenc took so long to getting around to compose his operas.
Giacomo Puccini’s final opus interruptus is and shall always remain my favorite opera. The reasons for this preference are so varied and numerous that if they were printed and bound the volume would most assuredly require its own stand.
There was a certain frisson in the air entering Chicago Lyric Opera last night, and not just in anticipation of attending the world premiere of a new work by Jimmy Lopez (music) and Nilo Cruz (libretto), Bel Canto.
My tolerance for 17th century opera is generally low, but even I can appreciate the value in an underappreciated composer like Francesco Cavalli.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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