Sarasota Opera, Follow the Verdi Trail
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In March, 2025 I traveled to beautiful Sarasota, Florida for their month-long spring opera festival. Stiffelio and Marriage of Figaro were both very strong and well cast.
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An Afternoon of Operatic and Sonic Spectacular at Dallas Symphony’s ‘Götterdämmerung’
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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra played like the gods, tirelessly, lyrically, and magnificently throughout the six-hour concert. The expanded orchestra comprised 10 horns (some doubling in Wagner tubas) and 6 harps.
Read MoreAt Dallas Opera, a Spendid ‘Traviata’ Rings in New Season
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The Dallas Traviata features an intriguing carousel set from this summer’s Santa Fe Opera, and an arresting young soprano (also from Santa Fe) in the lead role.
Read MoreIn Central City, Colorado, Puccini’s Gold Rush Opera Finds an Ideal Venue
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This historic opera house, built in 1878, is small jewel box – only 550 seats and two levels decorated in ornate Victorian and European styles.
Read MoreNational Symphony’s First Concert Opera ‘Otello’ Is an Artistic Triumph
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Fresh from the Zurich Ring Cycle, maestro Noseda gave Otello a grandiose symphonic treatment you rarely hear in an opera house. The explosive, spectacular opening storm was truly spasimo l’universo as prescribed in the Verdi-Boito production book
Read MoreA Delightful 'Barber' and a Powerhouse Gala in Seattle
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Director Hume handled her madcap cast of singers, choristers and supers with the skill of a Howard Hawks romantic screwball comedy…
Read MoreThere Is Power and Beauty in San Diego’s ‘Butterfly’
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Yves Abel, the conductor, gave a taut, powerful yet nuanced reading of the score, with idiomatic winds and honeyed strings from the exceptional opera orchestra.
Read MoreSanta Fe Opera, Summer of 2023 In Review
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Review of Santa Fe Opera’s 2023 summer season - The Flying Dutchman, Orfeo, Rusalka, Pelléas et Mélisande
Read MoreHouston’s Götterdämmerung Is a Successful Experiment in Total Work of Art
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The naturalistic and abstract visual elements coalesce organically and effortlessly into the musical fabric to make this Götterdämmerung an unforgettable theatrical experience
Read MorePowerful cast in Chicago's 'Les Troyens'
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Dido, the incomparable Susan Graham, as always she was in splendid voice and is as queenly a queen as can be imagined.
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