Wolf Trap Opera presented a lovely Eugene Onegin with particularly noteworthy performances by Magdalena Kuźma and Daniel O’Hearn.
I first experienced the magic of Seiji Ozawa in 1972 when I was 12 years old.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s concert Rigoletto hits some vocal turbulence
A strong revival of Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera and a recital by Benjamin Bernheim offered the chance to hear “Kuda, kuda” twice in two days.
Ahead of their opening in Don Carlo in Dallas tonight, Christopher Corwin chats with Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis — and offers a special edition of Chris’s Cache!
The Ralph Fiennes production of Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera is just…fine.
This is the classic Onegin and there’s much to love, especially from Khaikin‘s sensitive conducting and Lemeshev‘s ideal Lensky.
Fine music-making meets a clunker of a production in La Monnaie‘s revival of Norma
A starry (and potentially annual) Christmas gala lights up Carnegie Hall.
In recital for the Los Angeles Opera, tenor Ben Bliss makes the case for the next stage of his career.
Because D.M. Thomas‘s book was a famous book back in its day — I read it in the mid-eighties, yet have forgotten 90% of what it’s all about.
The Talented Mr. Ripley x Eugene Onegin.
Inspired by Harry Rose’s recent fine polemic about verismo performance practice, Chris’s Cache offers one of Opera Orchestra of New York’s most exciting evenings: Zandonai’s Francesda da Rimini from 1973 with Raina Kabaivanska, Placido Domingo, and Matteo Manuguerra.
Not too long ago, Benjamin Bernheim gave an interview to Opéra Magazine in which he stated “Je ne suis pas un top model.”
Chris’s Cache features a pair of performances of Iolanta with Tamara Milashkina and Asmik Grigorian
If it didn’t all work, it wouldn’t work at all.
For Philadelphia opera lovers, October means the Giargiari Bel Canto Competition—a staple event for the Academy of Vocal Arts, and a pipeline for the public to discover some of their strongest resident artists.
On June 20, a rather breezy, pleasant cool summer evening, the soprano Gabriella Reyes, tenor René Barbera and baritone Will Liverman took over the Summerstage space with a wide-ranging, ambitious recital program with Dimitri Dover tickling the ivories.
Out of sheer morbid curiosity last evening I pulled up the “orders” page of my Amazon account and searched Otello to discover that over the past 11 years. I’ve ordered 15 items with that title (one as recently as last night!)
Robert Carsen‘s legendary production of Eugene Onegin finally arrives in San Francisco.
The Met’s revival of Turandot on Saturday night was surprisingly contentious.
Ms. Damrau unleashed a Blitzkrieg of charm upon her audience.
I was reminded at the Met’s season premiere of Eugene Onegin Friday night always to expect the unexpected.
Gabriela Benacková, one of Trove Thursday’s favorite sopranos, turns 75 tomorrow, so we celebrate with two rare complete Verdi portrayals.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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