Category: Staged Operas

In their different musical styles and forms, these two works offer a critique of the American Dream in its endless pursuit of material affluence, and how that impacts upon personal…

Set in 1970s Italy as exposited in the opening recorded monologue, Tonya and Ryan McKinny’s concept for this modern Tosca was a daring choice that, in short, paid off big…

Enterprising West Edge Opera recently mounted an engrossing new production of Damian Geter and Lila Palmer’s engaging opus, American Apollo. This is only the second staging since the World Premiere…

West Edge Opera Festival revealed a compelling new staging of Britten’s chilling psychological thriller, The Turn of the Screw. Director Mark Streshinsky had the good fortune of revisiting this haunting…

West Edge Opera has mounted a distinctly engaging staging of Handel’s Rinaldo that is not only musically thrilling, but also visually as much fun and as rambunctious as a box…

Santa Fe Opera’s stunning production of Handel’s Rodelinda is unquestionably among the finest realizations of a Baroque Opera I have ever experienced. Quite simply, it succeeds on every level and…

There’s a reason operatic masterpieces remain popular even in their traditional settings. Under the direction of Kyle Lang, the team of designers at Charlottesville Opera did perfect justice to Rossini’s…

With arguably the best ending of any opera, it was exciting to sit down to take in Wolf Trap Opera’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. As with the production of…

The companion to this company’s excellent production of Susannah, Shakespeare Opera Theatre’s production of Kirke Mechem’s Tartuffe proved no less transporting. With a beautiful chandelier by Cleta Raymond and sumptuous…

It took some time for me to get oriented at Santa Fe Opera’s often (too) busy staging of Tchaikovsky’s lush masterwork, Eugene Onegin, but overall the musical excellence reigned supreme.…