Bernstein’s Candide seems to have more performance versions than Tales of Hoffmann.
Author: john_y
Scottish Sensation at Glimmerglass
Glimmerglass is celebrating its 40th Festival season with a stylish new production of Verdi’s Macbeth.
Jen?fa Packs a Wallop at DMMO
There are few operas that can rival the visceral impact of a well-staged Jen?fa and Des Moines Metro Opera has emphatically delivered the goods.
Des Moines Fanciulla a Minnie-Triumph
The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West) often gets eclipsed when compared to the rest of the mature Puccini canon.
Des Moines: A Whole Other Secret Garden
With its revelatory production of Rappaccini’s Daughter performed outdoors in the city’s refurbished Botanical Gardens, Des Moines Metro Opera has unlocked the gate to a mysterious, challenging landscape of musical delights.
Seductive Abduction in Iowa
Des Moines Metro Opera has quite a crowd-pleasing production of The Abduction from the Seraglio on its hands.
La Rondine Swoops Into St. Louis
If La Rondine (The Swallow) is a less-admired work than rest of the mature Puccini canon, you wouldn’t have known it by the lavish production now lovingly staged by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Emmeline a Stunner in Saint Louis
Few companies have championed new or neglected works quite as fervently and consistently as the industrious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Amsterdam: Lohengrin Lite
Stage director Pierre Audi is not one to be strictly representational in his story telling.