Both Shakespeare’s great tragedy Othello and Verdi’s opera adaptation, Otello, are highly focused works, centered on the character of Otello,…
Music
It is hard to believe today that Puccini’s La Bohemereceived a cool response from the Italian critics when it premiered….
Scheduled performances (all or individual parts) Zurich Opernhaus Z�rich September 9 – October 13 Washington Washington National Opera September 16…
Ariadne auf Naxos is an underappreciated delight of an opera. While audiences understandably flock to Strauss’ earlier Der Rosenkavalier, they…
See Harvey O’Brien’s background of the opera and review of Opera Ireland’s production (with performance schedules and CD and video…
The Flying Dutchman, which had its premiere in Dresden in 1843, initiated Wagner’s move away from the then standard opera…
Our earlier review from Berlin with current performance schedules La Scala holds a place close to the heart of all…
Online references on Janacek Leo Janacek lived over about the same span of years as did Puccini and his first…
Schiller: Don Carlos and Mary Stuart Verdi With a Vengeance : An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works…
The libretto for Handels Julius Caesar by Nicola Francesco Haym was adapted from renditions of the story popular in the…
Sir John Falstaff is the most famous comic character in the Shakespeare canon, appearing in no less than three of…
Samson et Dalila, Saint-Sa�ns’ only opera to remain in the active repertory, doesn’t get a lot of respect. When it…
The Capulets and the Montagues are families well known from Shakespeare, and their clan-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are the…
Online references on Spanish history El Cid, from the Spanish/Arabic meaning lord or chief, was the nom de guerre, as…