Opera (1816)
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Conductor: David Angus
Boston Lyric Opera
Cutler-Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
October 12-21, 2018
A lively, nicely designed, very entertaining rendition of the opera buffa about the clever barber Figaro and his clientele.
Operas
The Threepenny Opera
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
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
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
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.