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.
Verdi’s Aida at La Scala
Can this truly be the production of Verdi’s Aida that earned world-wide headlines in December 2007?
GIORDANO: Marcella
Alberto Cant˘’s booklet essay for the Dynamic release of Umberto Giordano’s rare one-act opera Marcella quotes a review from the day after the 1907 premiere, which indicates that the premiere’s audience’s expectations of “greater originality of melodic invention” went unmet.
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?
The MET Celebrates 125th Anniversary with Gala Performance 3/15
http://broadwayworld.com/article/The_MET_Celebrates_125th_Anniversary_With_A_Performance_315_20081125