Do dysfunctional families outnumber the ones that move through life untroubled, or is it — to paraphrase Tolstoy — that every dysfunctional family is dysfunctional in its own way and thus of greater interest to writers and composers?
Category: Performances
Los Angeles Opera: March 1 & 2, 2008
James Conlon has become the artistic heart and soul of Los Angeles Opera in his second season as music director.
Cyrano at The Opera Company of Philadelphia
The Opera Company of Philadelphiaís February production is the second staging of David DiChieraís new opera Cyrano, a co-production with Michigan Opera Theater and Florida Grand Opera.
Short on the sides and Full On Top
Perhaps the most beloved comic opera, Rossiniís Il barbiËre di Siviglia has never left the repertoire.
Mary, Queen of Scots (Maria Stuarda)
San Diego Opera apparently has raided the vaults of Lincoln Center opera companies, circa the 1970s.
Salome at Covent Garden
The Royal Opera’s new Salome is set roughly in the 1930s, in surroundings which refer overtly to Pasolini’s SalÚ or the 120 Days of Sodom, populated by uniformed soldiers and naked whores.
Carmen, The Metopolitan Opera
Dread and disgruntle are the emotions natural to the fan of any special singer when he arrives at the opera house to learn she has withdrawn from the performance and been replaced by an unknown.