Flashes of excitement and genuine pathos lit up City Opera’s production of Dolores Claiborne!
In September, Finnish National Opera gave the world premiere of Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata), based on Mr. Bergman’s 1978 study of a troubled mother/daughter relationship.
Is this not Puccini’s greatest opera, his most human, least manipulative?
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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