Review: Kelli O’Hara Crosses Over to Opera in Updated ‘Dido and Aeneas’
The word, “crossover,” usually means opera singers seeking levity and lyricism in Broadway repertoire — and inspires a bit of dread given how fitfully such transitions have worked in the past. Less...
View ArticleMusic|Review: ‘Hopper’s Wife’ Imagines a Painter Married to a Gossip Queen
By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER April 29, 2016 Librettists often tweak facts for dramatic effect, but history has been radically rewritten in Stewart Wallace’s 1997 chamber opera “Hopper’s Wife,” presented by New...
View ArticleReview: Macbeth as a Chinese opera? Oh the drama!
Lady Macbeth (Vivienne Oon) convincing her husband Macbeth (Cheong Chee Yoong) to man up and kill the king and claim the crown as his own. Photo: Ng See Bun By QISHIN TARIQ “Hail, King of...
View ArticleMetropolitan Opera 2015-16 Review: Maria Agresta Is An Undeniable Force in...
Puccini’s “La Boheme” is undoubtedly the most popular work and most performed opera at the Metropolitan Opera house, with 1290 performances. It’s hard not see why, as it has some of the most melodic...
View ArticleBWW Opera Review: Oh, To Be Abducted from This SERAGLIO at the Met
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera I wonder whether James Levine imagined that Mozart’s DIE ENFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO) would be his swan song as Music Director of the...
View ArticleDSO’s ‘Amleto’ offers riveting, unforgettable night
Amleto (Hamlet) was sung by tenor Joshua Kohl, whose thrilling rendition of Hamlet’s central soliloquy, “Essere o non essere! (To be or not to be!),” brought down the house in OperaDelaware’s 2016...
View ArticleReview: Jennifer Johnson Cano and Dimitri Pittas at the Morgan
By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM May 16, 2016 In competitions, singers are judged on criteria including tone, power and technique. But when it comes to building an engaging recital program, other...
View ArticleAs an opera, “The Shining” knows it’s good to be King
The Minnesota Opera turns horror fiction into the stuff of classical music, staying true to author Stephen King’s original Burning down the house: Minnesota Opera’s “The Shining” doesn’t end well....
View ArticlePast, present collide in rough ‘Storm’
Photo: Lynn Lane | Mark Thomas a Isaiah; Mark Diamond, Wilber; Lindsay Russell, Bettie; Sofia Selowsky, Eliza Goodman in Houston Grand Opera’s “After the Storm.”Houston Grand Opera’s “After the Storm”...
View ArticleOTSL presents a stylish ‘Ariadne on Naxos’
For its third production this season, Opera Theatre of St. Louis turned on Sunday night to a terrific score it’s done only twice in the past, with excellent results. “Ariadne on Naxos,” by Richard...
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