Married to the mob Married to the mob

Contrasting approaches to Regie duke it out in Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci and Rusalka in Munich

Under the silver lake Under the silver lake

“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” went the introduction to the 1940s radio program The Shadow, an apt description for the San Francisco Opera’s production of Rusalka.

Water, logged Water, logged

So, how excited are you to read another piece about the Mary Zimmerman Rusalka?

Sleeping with the fishes Sleeping with the fishes

With a cast of stellar singers and uneven direction by Mary Zimmerman, Dvorák’s Rusalka debuts in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera.