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Shakespeare Opera Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet: Sumptuous Romance in the heart of Northern Virginia – Opera Today
Over the past ten years, Shakespeare Opera Theatre has made a name for itself by combining Shakespeare’s plays with operatic adaptations of his work. Managing director Dr. Lori Lind’s encyclopedic knowledge and understanding of both
Charlottesville Opera’s The Pirates of Penzance: The Way Gilbert and Sullivan Should Be – Opera Today
In the charming city of Charlottesville in central Virginia lies a gem of an opera company that performs at the wonderful Paramount Theater nestled in a lovely square. The venue itself is a testament to
A Superb World-Premiere Recording of Leonardo (not da) Vinci’s Didone abbandonata (1726) from the Florence May Festival – Opera Today
This is one of three Leonardo Vinci recordings that I’ve had the privilege of reviewing in recent years. The other two were Siroe re di Persia (from the renowned Teatro San Carlo in Naples) and
New Opera Festival Debuts in Loudoun County, Virginia this Summer – Opera Today
‘Midsummer Opera Dream’ celebrates classical music July 16th to August 2nd with community opera, family shows, masterclasses and more. STERLING, Va — Renowned opera musicians and Loudoun County artists are teaming up for a unique music festival
Outward 18th Century Charm with Insights into Character for Glyndebourne’s New The Marriage of Figaro – Opera Today
Mariame Clément’s new production of Le nozze di Figaro doesn’t throw any big or provocative ideas at Mozart’s perennial masterpiece – a mainstay for Glyndebourne and its most performed opera – and it’s none the
A Memorable and Musically Superb Pelléas et Mélisande from Longborough Festival Opera – Opera Today
Bare light bulbs, dazzling lighting rigs and handheld torches dominate Jenny Ogilvie’s new staging of Pelléas et Mélisande at Longborough Festival Opera. The production fulfils a long-held dream by the festival founder Martin Graham whose
Saint Louis Strauss Drives Audiences Batty – Opera Today
Unrelenting, raucous animation was the salient characteristic that pervaded Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ lively version of that evergreen favorite, Die Fledermaus (The Bat), and the capacity audience roared in approval. Prima la musica: It is
Monteverdi Choir and Masaaki Suzuki at St Martin-in-the-Fields – Opera Today
Making his debut with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, Masaaki Suzuki directed an all-Bach concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of five works (four cantatas and a Sinfonia) written in 1725 when the composer was
Gothic horror meets Siegmund Freud in Saint-Saëns’s The Silver Bell at Winchester’s Theatre Royal – Opera Today
Of Camille Saint-Saëns’s thirteen operas, only Samson and Dalila remains a regular part of the repertory. So, the enterprising New Sussex Opera must be congratulated on presenting the UK premiere of the composer’s first opera,
A richly imagined and musically compelling Simon Boccanegra from Grange Park Opera – Opera Today
The Viennese critic Edward Hanslick once compared Brahms’ Fourth Symphony to “a dark well”, and declared “the longer we look into it, the more brightly the stars shine back”. Such an observation might be levelled
Memorable singing and vivid orchestral playing enliven Grange Festival’s Traviata – Opera Today
Grange Festival’s new production of Verdi’s tragedy brings magnificent singing and much superb playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Richard Farnes who makes his house debut. Director Maxine Braham, also a first timer at