Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago, a rousing performance both musically and dramatically.
In one important respect, a great production of Puccini resembles a great production of Wagner.
Well that’s a terrible place to start a review, and it’s not quite fair to SFO’s Lucia di Lammermoor, but…
Three blocks from the opera house is a terrible time to realize there was homework.
Kitsch is alive and well in Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the War Memorial.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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