From Elena Pankratova’s beginnings in the more Italianate repertoire to her current tenure in the Wagnerian repertoire, she continues rising as the wrathfully vengeful princess Elektra. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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Daniel O’Hearn, a consistently rising full lyric tenor with a huge repertoire, abundant potential, and a brilliant future, tackles the role of the impassioned officer Matteo. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Popular culture, political relations, and a mixture of film and literary genres entwine in John Adams’ Nixon in China at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Maria Sardaryan gracefully and elegantly establishes herself as a lyric coloratura soprano buttressed with silky vocal clarity and organized discipline as the Queen of the Night. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
The slice-of-life character constellations remain strong with Tobias Kratzer’s production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten, despite being void of its legendary fairy-tale roots. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Artur Garbas’s vocal performance prowess continues to shine and shimmer as the iconic bird catcher Papageno. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
I may have called this “Histoires Eternelles” instead of “Histoires Naturelles” in my review. However, this Liederabend exuded timelessness, thanks to the phenomenal artistry presented that night. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
With a flexible lyric soprano voice competent in tackling coloratura soprano roles and possessing a tone smooth as silk and chiffon, Martina Russomanno embodies the vivacious proprietress Madama Cortese. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Youthful dignity, cultivated technique, and elegant nobility are the hallmarks that have made Kangyoon Shine Lee radiate like the stars in the Milky Way as Prince Tamino. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
A Liederabend consisting of works by Franz Schubert and Louis Spohr was in full swing when three valiantly fine singers summoned their musical prowess to tackle their Lieder with open arms. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.