Washington Concert Opera began its 39th season last month with Christoph Willibald Gluck’s late masterpiece Iphigénie en Tauride.
The monsoon outside was no match for the torrents of gorgeous, dramatic singing and playing that was unleashed inside George Washington University’s Lisner Hall Sunday afternoon when Washington Concert Opera, in a glorious deluge of Léo Delibes, presented Lakmé to round out its return season.
We’ve had a mini-fest of director Barrie Kosky’s work this year at LA Opera.
As we also saw last year, Festival O19 ended on a sweetly quiet note, movingly connecting Opera Philadelphia with the larger city and our musical future.
Employing the most slimly elegant resources, Festival O’s Denis & Katya is a monumental, dramatically shattering event.
I hardly know where to heap my praise first.
When you attend a performance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen you can never be quite certain which one you’re in for.
Saturday night the Los Angeles Opera threw itself a party.
Without fail, all nine finalists had nice clear ringing voices. Whether they develop into great artists is another question.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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