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The Threepenny Opera

March 16, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Lucy Polly

Play With Music (1928)
Music by Kurt Weill
Libretto by Bertolt Brecht
Boston Lyric Opera
Huntington Avenue Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
March 16-25, 2018

A highly pantomimish staging, in English, of the darkly comic 1928 play with music by Brecht and Weill about low-life deceit, two-timing, and corruption based on John Gay’s eighteenth century ballad opera The Beggar’s Opera.

La Bohème

February 24, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Poster

Opera (1896)
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Metropolitan Opera, Live in HD
New York, NY
Production Design: Franco Zeffirelli
With Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano

A very good rendition of the classic Zeffirelli production of the iconic opera, with a particularly eloquent Rodolfo.

The Paris Opera

October 27, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

An exhausted ballerina

Film
Documentary
Directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
Opens October 27, 2017

A fascinating and surprisingly dramatic inside look at the artistic and administrative goings on in the various departments of the Paris Opera complex.

Tosca

October 15, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Cavaradossi Tosca

Opera (1900)
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: David Stern
Boston Lyric Opera
Cutler-Majestic Theater
Theater District, Boston
October 13-22, 2017

An exhilarating production of the classic tragedy about devoted love and tormented seduction, featuring two richly lyrical leading voices.

Der Rosenkavalier

May 13, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Fleming Garanca

Opera (1911)
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY
Live in HD
With Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča
May 13, 2017

A new and rousing production featuring two great female leads, Renee Fleming and Elīna Garanča, who, as of this production, are ending their long-time and noted embodiments of their distinctive roles in Der Rosenkavalier.

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