I’m still thinking about George Tabori’s <em>Pagliacci</em> I’m still thinking about George Tabori’s <em>Pagliacci</em>

I love Tabori—his staging of Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung are among my five favorite opera performances of all time.

By Remko Jas November 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Another op’nin’, another show Another op’nin’, another show

Opera San José (OSJ) is continuing the second half of its 41st season with a company premiere of Béla Bartók’s Symbolist opera Bluebeard’s Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára), with a libretto by his friend and poet Béla Balázs, and OSJ truly spared no effort to make the occasion a memorable one.

By February 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Rise and look around you Rise and look around you

My first opera of the new season in Paris, after kicking off in Brussels with Kris Defoort’s thought-provoking The Day of our Singing, was another nearly-new work, totally new to me: Sir George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this.

By November 08, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Opening doors Opening doors

Real estate is hot along the Acela corridor right now: as proof, Judith will have toured at least three castles in New York and Boston between this spring and last.

By February 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Open concept Open concept

In Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, which closed on Sunday after a nearly sold-out run—there are no doors.

By March 29, 2023 at 10:38 AM
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Stage beauty Stage beauty

>What does a great opera production do, and what does a bad production fail to do?

By November 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM
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A Pole in the head A Pole in the head

Enthusiasm is contagious–you have to cover up carefully lest it make you sick.

By December 21, 2015 at 10:25 AM
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