Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni a Showcase for Canadian Talent
With an all-Canadian cast, Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni opened Saturday night to an enthusiastic crowd at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Full disclosure: I don’t really…
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Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat
Why do women respond to rascals, seducers, and merely self-assured men? Don Giovanni cannot match the sexual prodigality of Gene Simmons of hard rock band…
Putting Opera on the Spot, with On Site Opera
COMPANY REVIEW: On Site Opera (New York City); PERFORMANCE REVIEW: An Evening of Monodramas – La Morte de Cléopâtre by Hector Berlioz; and Miss Havisham’s…
On a Recent Visit with Gertrude Stein
OPERA REVIEW/ARTIST INTERVIEWS: Ricky Ian Gordon’s and Royce Vavrek’s 27, an opera about Gertrude Stein; at New York’s City Center, October 20 and 21, 2016.…
Celebrating the Metro and The OSM’s New Octobass (Review)
Last night was the first performance of the OSM’s concert celebrating 50 years of the Montreal metro system, which first welcomed passengers in October 1966.…
Gertrude Stein is at Home! You are Cordially Invited
An Advance Profile of Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27, an opera about Gertrude Stein, with libretto by Royce Vavrek, to be presented at New York’s City…
ASO/Peter Bay: Rousing Argentinian “Rodeo” Outshines Urioste’s Beautiful but Bland Beethoven
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Kodály: Marosszék Dances; Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia Op. 8a; Elena Urioste, violin; Austin Symphony Orchestra/Peter Bay, conductor; Long…
Opera Philadelphia’s Bloody King, Bloody Princess
OPERA REVIEWS: Puccini’s Turandot; Third World Bunfight’s Macbeth (after Verdi) at Opera Philadelphia Opera Philadelphia’s Fall 2016 season fully exemplifies the company’s hallmarks – a…
With Breaking the Waves, Opera Philadelphia Breaks Toward the Future
OPERA REVIEW: Breaking the Waves at Opera Philadelphia Brotherly Love, Independence, the Phillie Phanatic – this city has always been a hotbed of innovative and…
Austin Opera Scores Big Time with Puts/Campbell “Manchurian Candidate”
The Manchurian Candidate. Music by Kevin Puts. Libretto by Mark Campbell. David Adam Moore (Sergeant Raymond Shaw). John Lindsey (Captain Ben Marco). Donnie Ray Albert…
