Last evening’s scorching performance of Fallujah by the New York City Opera demonstrated that sometimes impact is not limited by physical proximity.
In one important respect, a great production of Puccini resembles a great production of Wagner.
Jonathan Dove’s Flight is an opera that makes excellent use of setting.
Anna Netrebko‘s Manon was deeply unforgettable for its wide scope, control, and incredible virtuosity.
Lyric Opera of Chicago rose to the challenges mightily in its first-ever performance of Les Troyens.
Washington National Opera offered a shellshocked D.C. some much-needed diversion Saturday night, with a new production of La Fille du Regiment.
The celebrated ‘Triumph’ scene… borders on homoerotic porn.
Sony Classical has now released “Leontyne Price Prima Donna Assoluta” containing nearly her entire operatic oeuvre in a box set.
Janácek’s disconcerting commentary on youth and immortality received a full-throated performance.
The 2016 Richard Tucker Award recipient is Tamara Wilson.
Seville bills itself as the “City of 150 operas,” and celebrated this fact at the Exposition of 1992 by erecting a magnificent new opera house, the Teatro de la Maestranza, right beside the Plaza de Toros.
The centerpiece of Janácek’s Jenufa was the performance of Karita Mattila as the murderous Kostelnicka.
>The Crypt Sessions, in collaboration with On Site Opera, presented the world premiere of Gregg Kallor’s The Tell-Tale Heart
“Take a good deal of trouble with it, because it is a fine subject, delicate and full of pathos.”
The good news is that the first concert was devoted to the exceptional artistry of Lawrence Brownlee.
The UK’s first-ever production of Poliuto, now available from Opus Arte on DVD, set the lions of Rome among the lambs of Glyndebourne.
Thoughtless direction stifled the epic drama.
Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece Lucia di Lammermoor returned to Chicago Lyric Opera on Saturday evening.
Director Barrie Kosky’s Glyndebourne 2015 production of Handel’s 1739 oratorio Saul (released on Opus Arte DVD) shows imagination as well as a strong cast and design team.
This year’s treat was Vittorio Gnecchi’s Cassandra, completed around 1905
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production of L’Italiana in Algeri for the Met remains steadfastly ignorant of postcolonial theory.
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2016-17 season got off to an exciting start on Saturday night with Wagner’s Das Rheingold.
Like Orest, I return to this house.
How Verdi’s opera might address this particular nightmare was unclear.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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