Maria Kataeva makes a promising US debut in an otherwise uneven revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia in San Francisco.
Music Director Eun Sun Kim is at the center of the repertory, and a long Wagner arc is now officially underway
Le nozze di Figaro in Santa Fe is a light and kindly revival while The Turn of the Screw is crisp and atmospheric
This video recording of Il trovatore is sensational for all the right and wrong reasons simultaneously.
Trove Thursday presents Michael Fabiano in one of his specialties as the dashing hero of Il Corsaro torn between Tamara Wilson and Nicole Cabell.
Tosca, as it exists now, can’t be real, spontaneous drama-it’s just Camp.
When you attend a performance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen you can never be quite certain which one you’re in for.
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.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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