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,…
Don Giovanni – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Francisco D’Andrade (1856-1921) as Don Giovanni, 1912 Buy the print at Art.com Given its…
Rhodium Silver Necklace set with light blue Magen David medallion. Doomed love, jealousy, mistaken identity and filial devotion. And if…
What better sort of character to make the heroine of an opera? Semele was a Theban princess and the only…
Cinderella (Joyce DiDonato) meets Dandini (Earle Patriarco) who is disguised as the Prince. Photo by Brett Coomer Cinderella may be…
Karita Mattila (Manon Lescaut) and Misha Didyk (Chevalier des Grieux) Photo by Terrence McCarthy San Francisco Opera November 19-December 10,…
.. Lauren Flanigan, playing a homeless, unwed mother carrying her infant, sings: "You all pretend you are not in the…
For weeks prior to the show’s opening, the city of Madison was abuzz with anticipation about Esperanza, a professionally mounted…
The Witch (Liam Bonner) captures the frightened Hansel (Fiona Murphy) and Gretel (Rebekah Camm) Photo by Brett Coomer, http://www.houstongrandopera.org/ Hansel…
Mazeppa by Pytor Iliych Tchaikovsky Opera Ireland The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Conductor: Alexander Anissimov Directed by: Dieter Kaegi Featuring: Valeri…
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…