Operas

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.

Opera (1851)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
A delightfully inventive and irreverent new production of the Verdi classic set in Las Vegas in the 1960s, replete with a male chorus dressed like the Rat Pack.

December 15, 2012
Opera (1871)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD
The love triangle set in Ancient Egypt, embellished by a cast of hundreds, and Roberto Alagna’s tenor.

Opera (1791)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Live In HD
Mozart’s last opera, featuring on oddly sanguine portrait of the Roman Emperor Tito (Titus), involving multiple betrayals and overlapping love interests, culminating in the emperor’s bestowal of clemenza (clemency) on everyone.

Opera (1904)
by Giacomo Puccini
Boston Lyric Opera
Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA
November 2 – 11, 2012
A pleasant rendition of the Puccini classic, with a wonderful Cio-Cio-San and a stupendous Suzuki.