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 […]
Operas
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. […]
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 […]