Float like a butterfly
Phil Chan described his point of departure for reimagining Orientalist works as the question, “what else could this be?”
Karen Chia-ling Ho
7 pieces since 2019 — in 4 roles, at 5 companies, most often at San Francisco Opera.
7
pieces
4
roles
5
companies
8
years
By role
Role Butterfly
Role Cio-Cio-San
High and dry
Ilana Walder-Biesanz reports from The Santa Fe Opera, where Tobias Picker‘s latest opera falls short, a new Rodelinda scintillates, and sumptuous singing abounds across the entire repertoire.
No strings attached
Madama Butterfly is the opera of the moment.
Role Mimi
The sweet escape?
A plodding La bohème in San Francisco never quite takes off
Loving him isn’t the right thing to do
Matthew Travisano takes on Mimì’s Act III aria from La bohème — not that one, the other one — in the latest installment of the “Perspectives on an Aria” series
Role Princess Jia
Dream on
The second act of Dream of the Red Chamber reached the apex and provided the audience with soul-stirring fulfillment.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).