If changes in social mores since mid-19th-century Paris render aspects of La Traviata awkwardly dated, the passion and poignancy of…
Music
Zarzuela is the unique Spanish form of musical theater/operetta, made up of text both spoken and sung, with solos, duets,…
Andre Previn’s newly unveiled work, adapted from Tennessee Williams’ great play, A Streetcar Named Desire has been lavished with as…
Tales of Hoffman By Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier Adapted and translated by David Scott Marley Berkeley Opera February…
Houston Grand Opera by Benjamin Britten Houston TX January 23, 2009 http://www.houstongrandopera.org/ Houston Grand Opera continues its stride with year…
Dramatic legend in four parts by Hector Berlioz Libretto by Almire Gandonnière and Berlioz Metropolitan Opera, New York City through…
Pierre Courtin is a French painter and engraver, born in 1921. His abstract work was part of the surrealist movement…
Ariel Bybee Inez, Maria Luisa Nave in the title role of La Favorita, San Francisco Opera, 1973 Throughout the San…
The plot of Louise will tax no one in its level of difficulty. Girl finds boy, girl runs away with…
Opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Giambattista Varesco San Francisco Opera October 15-31, 2008 Donald Runnicles,…
. Suggested reading: Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series) Bel canto – literally beautiful singing – is a…
I Pagliacci, variously translated as Traveling Players or Clowns, is a popular and often performed short opera in the verismo…
Handel’s oratorios were not composed for the theatrical stage where, in England, religious dramas were forbidden until the 20th century….