The cast of supporting roles was especially strong in the company’s new production of Mozart’s matchless masterpiece
Month: October 2014
Syracuse Opera’s ‘Die Fledermaus’ bubbles over with fun, laughter and irresistible music
The company uncorks its 40th Anniversary season with a visually and musically satisfying production of Johann Strauss Jr.’s farcical operetta
Capriccio at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Although performances of Richard Strauss’s last opera Capriccio have increased in recent time, Lyric Opera of Chicago has not experienced the “Konversationsst¸ck f¸r Musik” during the past twenty odd years.
Anna Netrebko, now a dramatic soprano, shines in the Met’s dark and murky ‘Macbeth’
The former lyric soprano holds up well — and survives the intrusive close-up camerawork of the ‘Live in HD’ transmission
Arizona Opera Presents First Mariachi Opera
Houston Grand Opera commissioned Cruzar la Cara de la Luna from composer JosÈ “Pepe” MartÌnez, music director of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitl·n, who wrote the text together with Broadway and opera director Leonard Foglia. The work had its world premier in 2010. Since then, it has traveled to several cities including Paris, Chicago, and San Diego.
Pl·cido Domingo: I due Foscari, London
“Why should I go to hear Pl·cido Domingo” someone said when Verdi’s I due Foscari was announced by the Royal Opera House. There are very good reasons for doing so.
On The Death of Klinghoffer
This is a revised version of my review of the Sept 5th
1991American premiere of The Death of Klinghoffer, at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. The opera was first performed at Brussels’ La
Monnaie the previous spring.