The magnificent revival of Emilio Sagi’s 2013 production of Rigoletto, seen at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, on 23 February, proved an arresting experience. While the staging remained consistent with…
Month: February 2026
IN Series and 4EYE Film Center Join Theater Alliance as Primary Partners in New Multidisciplinary Arts Hub in Southwest DC
Unique partnership is model for sustainably growing and supporting the arts in DC (Washington, DC) February 18, 2026 – IN Series and 4EYE Film Center are joining Theater Alliance as the primary partners at a new multidisciplinary arts…
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Temple to Consumerism Consolidated in English National Opera’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
First performed in Leipzig in 1930 within the shadow of the Weimar Republic, the clue to Brecht and Weill’s dystopian opera lies in its title. There was nothing in this…
Carmen at the Bastille
Stage director Calixito Bieito’s 1999 production of Carmen made its way to the Opéra Bastille in 2017, one year after its performances in San Francisco, and three years after its…
Delightful Divas Divvy Up Delectable Delicacies at Loudoun Lyric Opera in The Italian Lesson and Bon Appétit!
This weekend Loudoun Lyric Opera opened their charming production of Lee Hoiby’s The Italian Lesson and Bon Appétit!, a double-bill they named Baking with Divas. As opera on a small…
Eugene Onegin in Paris
Eugène Onéguine at the Opéra Garnier was an intimate exploration of the first opera in the Tchaikovsky operatic canon, directed by British actor Ralph Fiennes, an Onegin himself in the excellent…
Un ballo in maschera in Paris
Un Bal Masqué at the Bastille, the 41st performance of Belgian stage director Gilbert Deflo’s 2007 production (the sixth in this edition). This performance was the first with American soprano…
A Coney Island Cosi: ENO’s Oh-So-Busy Production
Relocation, relocation, relocation: Coney Island, Booklyn, is a long way from the Bay of Naples. But such is the setting for Phelim McDermott’s Cosi fan tutte; or is that Cosi…
Songs of Love & War
Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music brought around half of Monteverdi’s Eighth Book of Madrigals (Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, 1704) to Milton Court. It was preceded by a…
A Revelatory World Premiere Recording of Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, the First Complete Opera by a Black American
Delos partners with Opera Lafayette and OperaCréole to present the world premiere recording of the earliest complete opera by a Black American. The discovery of Edmond Dédé’s unedited manuscript of…