Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Some will scream in rage but in its austerity it reaches to the heart of the opera.
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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.
Carmen in Orange
Some time ago in San Francisco there was an Aida starring Luciano Pavarotti, now in Orange it was Carmen starring Jonas Kaufmann. No, not tenors in drag just great tenors whose names simply outshine the title roles.
Die schweigsame Frau, Munich
If Strauss’s operas of the 1920s receive far too little performing attention, especially in the Anglosphere, those of the 1930s seem to fare worse still.
Two Women in San Francisco
Why would an American opera company devote its resources to the premiere of an opera by an Italian composer? Furthermore a parochially Italian story?
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail,
Glyndebourne
Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail was Mozart’s ?rst great public success in Vienna, and it became the composer’s most oft performed opera during his lifetime.
Donizetti: Les Martyrs
As the editor of Opera magazine, John Allison, notes in his editorial in the June issue, Donizetti fans are currently spoilt for choice, enjoying a ‘Donizetti revival’ with productions of several of the composer’s lesser known works cropping up in houses around the world.
The Pirates of Penzance, ENO
Topsy Turvy, Mike Leigh’s 1999 film starring Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent, dramatized the fraught working relationship of William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan; it won four Oscar nominations (garnering two Academy Awards, for costume and make-up) and is a wonderful exploration of the creative process of bringing a theatrical work to life.
Sara Gartland Takes on Jen?fa
Sara Gartland is an emerging singer who brings an enormous talent and a delightful personality to the opera stage. Having sung lighter soprano roles such as Juliette in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette and Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata, Gartland is now taking on the title role in Leoö Jan·?ek’s dramatic opera Jen?fa.