Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after William Shakespeare’s drama Boston Lyric Opera Shubert Theater Boston, MA November 4 – November 13, 2011 Conductor: David Angus Stage Director: David Schweizer Costume Designer: Nancy Leary, Set Designer: John Conklin, Lighting Designer: Robert Wierzel With Daniel Sutin (Macbeth), Darren E. Stokes […]
Operas
Die Walküre
Opera by Richard Wagner Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center for the Arts, New York, NY Live in HD James Levine (conductor) Robert Lepage (director) Carl Fillion (set designer) Etienne Boucher (lighting designer) Boris Firquet (video images) With: Bryn Terfel (Wotan) Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund) Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) Hans-Peter König (Hunding) Stephanie Blythe (Fricka) Kelly […]
Don Carlo
Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Based on a play by Friedrich Schiller Metropolitan Opera, New York Can the production really be as good as they say it is? Apparently so. Marina Poplavskaya, in the female lead, steals the show. Before seeing this production, I had read such a glowing review in Time magazine that I was […]
Lulu
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 […]
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. […]