Ottorino Respighi Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) Philadelphia, PA Conducted by Christopher Macatsoris Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center Jan. 23, 24, 27, 2009 http://www.avaopera.com/season/lafiamma/ The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) performed Ottorino Respighi’s opera ‘la Fiamma‘ in a ...
Online references on Beethoven If Fidelio is not the finest argument that opera transcends the sum of its parts, what is? The story has a ridiculous premise: a woman, whose husband has been ...
Suggested reading: Silver Queen: The Fabulous Story of Baby Doe Tabor (1988), Caroline Bancroft The Legend of Baby Doe: The Life and Times of the Silver Queen of the West (1989), John Burk The ...
Suggested reading: Guide to Parsifal with complete libretto and a parallel translation into English by Andrew Porter For his last opera, Wagner dug into German and Christian legends and, in his inimitable fashion, created ...
The Marriage of Figaro is a marriage of Beaumarchais' witty, satirical play about the foibles of lovers and the presumptions of class, with the witty music of Mozart at his most lyrically beautiful, the marriage perfectly brokered by the ...
La Forza del Destino announces its intended theme forcefully in its title, but it really doesn't deliver. The libretto is a mess, a poorly structured story in which unbelievable coincidences, dead characters returning to duel again (in this production, ...
Seattle Opera took the kudos in 1998 for its production of Tristan und Isolde, gloriously cast with Ben Heppner and Jane Eaglen, who seem, by virtually unanimous worldwide critical acclaim, to be not only the ideal singers for these ...
