Wagner was last on stage in Houston’s Wortham Theater Center in 2001, when the Houston Grand Opera staged Tannh‰user.
Author: Gary Hoffman
Stunning portrayal of Verdi’s tale of love and tragedy
http://www.bristol247.com/2009/11/11/stunning-portrayal-of-verdis-tale-of-love-and-tragedy/
Lover of Birds and Opera Leaves Millions to Both
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/arts/music/11opera.html
Sylvia McNair powerful in Weill-filled “Songspiel” from American Opera Theater
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2009/11/sylvia_mcnair_powerful_in_weil.html
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle at ENO
This grueling production of Bartok’s operatic masterpiece, Duke
Bluebeard’s Castle, clearly did not set out to retain any of the
ambiguity and mystery of the fairytale which inspired it.
Bringing Melbourne in from the operatic cold
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/bringing-melbourne-in-from-the-operatic-cold/2009/11/09/1257614998370.html
Philip Langridge at Wigmore Hall
As an interpreter of Benjamin Britten, Philip Langridge has long been
esteemed as the natural successor to Peter Pears;
The precious Hugo von Hofmannsthal
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6902508.ece?&EMC-Bltn=XT3451F
A View from the Bridge by Vertical Player Repertory
Unlike many contemporary composers — who too often derive their operas from full-length novels — William Bolcom (whose first opera, to be fair, was the novel-based McTeague, which I do not know) based his second,