Follow your bliss Follow your bliss

In recital for the Los Angeles Opera, tenor Ben Bliss makes the case for the next stage of his career.

Semper Fidelio Semper Fidelio

Fidelio, which opened last week at the Metropolitan Opera, will always be relevant, I fear.

Reorientation Reorientation

Concerts at Wolf Trap, mixed bags in more ways than one, provided fleeting glimpses of the old normal as moments of frisson mingled with more familiar monotony.

Damask and depth 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?