A smoking Traviata
Restrictions encourage creative staging, for which the Berkshire Opera Festival is renowned.
Joshua Blue
10 pieces since 2017 — in 8 roles, at 7 companies, most often at Juilliard School.
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By role
Role Alfredo
Role Duke of Mantua
Role Evangelist
Passion play
Los Angeles Opera’s St. Matthew Passion was by equal parts challenging and hypnotic to watch.
Role Monsieur Triquet
Turning over an old leaf
Is there any opera that can take more of a beating while still making an impact than Eugene Onegin?
Role Podestà
Animal, vegetable
Whatever its flaws, La finta giardinera is indeed a wise rep choice for grad students eager to cut their teeth.
Role Rodolfo
Backwards runs ‘Bohème’
Okay, let’s get the silly jokes out of the way first. Around our house, we’ve been referring to this alternately as Merrily We Bohemians Roll Along, or Emèhob Al.
Role tenor
Repent for the time is at hand
Traditional Christianity has always used the threat of dying unabsolved and going to Hell as a tool to get us not only to accept Jesus but also obey the dictates of the Church. Last week in New York, two classical works touched on the theme of repentance and absolution.
Role Tisiphone
Tragically Hippolyte
I had my head in my hands groaning in disbelief instead of joining in the general applause around me.