Opera by Alban Berg Metropolitan Opera New York, NY Conductor: Fabio Luisi Production: John Dexter Set and Costume Designer: Jocelyn Herbert Starring: Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Anne Sofie von Otter (Countess Geschwitz), Gary Lehman (Alwa), James Morris (Dr. Schoen, Jack the Ripper) A musically inspired production with wonderful, believable casting and great singing. It’s long (four […]
Operas
The Pirates of Penzance
Comic Opera Music By Arthur Sullivan Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players Agassiz Theatre in Radcliffe Yard Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Stage Direction by Sara Libenson Musical Direction by Jesse Wong April 16 – May 2 Wonderful, lively production by the student run, but well seasoned, Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players. […]
Idomeneo, Re Di Creta
Opera Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Giovanni Battista Varesco, after Antoine Danchet’s Idomenée Boston Lyric Opera at The Shubert Theater Boston, MA Conductor: David Angus Set Designer: John Conklin Costume Designer: Constance Hoffman With Camille Zamora (Ilia), Sandra Piques Eddy (Idamante), Jason Collins (Idomeneo), Caroline Worra (Electra), Steven Sanders (Arbace), Neil Ferreira (High […]
Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini Metropolitan Opera New York, NY There was so much negative press about this new production, I feared the worst. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised. The big complaint, from what I read, was that the sets were too spare and the staging was too restrained. I did not have that […]