The bad luck of last season’s Tristans seems to be edging into the present one — but the curse now finds the house better prepared for trouble.
Category: Performances
Barcelona: Figaro la, Figaro qua
Like Seville’s peripatetic barber, Gran Teatro del Liceu’s new Marriage of Figaro is rather all over the place.
Porgy through a glass lightly
It was, of course, coincidence. When the Chicago Lyric Opera scheduled George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess for the current season, not even the preludes to the 2008 presidential election had begun.
Munich’s Christmas Treasures: Massenet and Handel
Not all of Munich’s holiday delights are to be found at the just-opened annual Christmas Market filling the Marienplatz and environs.
Carmen at the Washington National Opera
From the director’s point of view, there are two ways to approach staging an opera.
The Tales of Hoffmann at Covent Garden
The opening performance of the ROH’s seventh revival of John Schlesinger’s 1980 production of The Tales of Hoffmann was
dedicated to the memory of Richard Hickox.
Debussy’s PellÈas – a fine swansong for Independent Opera in London
PellÈas et MÈlisande in a 200 seat theatre, with just 35 musicians and no pit?
Boris Godunov at ENO
There are two things which, in recent history, English National Opera has consistently done extremely well.
Lulu-Palooza in the Windy City
Marlis Petersen, the much lauded “Lulu-du-jour,” brought her well-traveled portrayal of Berg’s complex heroine to Chicago Lyric Opera and she alone was almost worth the price of admission.