Operas

Opera (1851)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center / Shubert Theatre
Boston, MA
Conductor: Christopher Franklin
March 14 – 23, 2014
An intimate and lovely production of the Verdi classic about a scandalous duke and his cursed court jester.

Opera (1893)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Conductor: James Levine
Metropolitan Opera, New York
Live in HD
A nice, rousing production of Verdi’s last opera, featuring the great Falstaffian, Ambrogio Maestri, in the title role, and the great, long-time music director of the Met, James Levine, in a majestic operatic reappearance after a long medical leave.

Opera (1791)
Music by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
World Premier
New English Adaptation
by Kelley Rourke, Leon Major
and John Conklin
Boston Lyric Opera
Shubert Theatre
Boston, MA
October 4-13, 2013
A delightful adaptation of the original with a wonderfully appealing libretto in English, great staging and a young, capable roster of singers.

Opera (1879)
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
With Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien
A robust, full-throated, heartfelt performance with, appropriately, a large number of Slavs on board.

Opera (1790)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
English Translation by Marmaduke E. Browne,
revised by John Cox
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center / Shubert Theatre
Boston, MA
March 15, 17m, 20, 22, 24m, 2013
A stunningly good production of the Mozart classic, with excellent singing, acting and staging; extremely funny and entertaining to boot.