Psychic gestures
Rolando Villazón opens up about his production of La sonnambula, how he develops characters, and what makes opera dance.
Nicholas Newton
11 pieces since 2016 — in 9 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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9
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11
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By role
Role Alessio
Ain’t no mountain high enough
A new production of La sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera is musically charming if dramatically confounding.
Role Alidoro
On the steps of the palace
Anyone arriving at Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Rossini’s Cinderella (La Cenerentola) expecting the Disney-fied version of the story will be in for a surprise.
Role Dr. Bartolo
Servant leadership
Christina Colanduoni on Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Role Friar Lawrence
Fifty percent illusion
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis does its best to give magic in its summer productions of Roméo et Juliette and A Streetcar Named Desired.
Role Judge Turpin
Damask and depth
For the weeks between the announcement that the return of Wolf Trap Opera would, in part, take the form of a concert performance of Sweeney Todd and its opening at the Filene Center on Friday evening, I racked my brain: why Sweeney now?
Role Leporello
Momentum mori
A fine Don Giovanni at Opera Philadelphia rounds out the company’s inaugural season under Anthony Roth Costanzo
Role Mars, Jupiter
Playing midwives to an egg
Nigel Wilkinson reports on Teodor Curentzis and Peter Sellars‘s new production of Rameau‘s Castor et Pollux in Paris.
Role Orestes
Future imperfect
This year’s treat was Vittorio Gnecchi’s Cassandra, completed around 1905