It’s a surreal, Monty Python-esque production of Massenet’s Don Quichotte which could have used a lot more Spanish flair and spice. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
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Two Hispanic operatic aces of the twenty-first century, one who is a young lyric coloratura soprano from Madrid, Spain and is on the cusp of international acclaim and the other who is a light lyric tenor from Hermosillo, Mexico and has been a well-established Bel Canto star for decades, tackle the iconic Scottish star-crossed lovers.
At times, this famous Bizet opera might as well be renamed “Micaela” and I bet you already know why. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
A charming young lyric coloratura soprano rises to the challenge to bring one of the most famous Donizetti Bel Canto heroines of all time to the stage of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
How well did this dashing, brilliant Italian tenore leggiero fare as one of the most famous Rossini tenor roles that he performed throughout Europe? Find out in this review.
A brilliant full lyric tenor with a growing repertoire rises to the challenge to take on the delightfully despicable Duke of Mantua. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
After so many years, I managed to accomplish one of my lifelong dreams of catching the magnificent and great Sir Bryn Terfel as this monumentally iconic anti-hero tyrant of a tsar. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
There are no mountains, mills, woods, and bucolicism in this production of Bellini’s Sonnambula, just a closed, claustrophobic, rundown motel full of rather interesting people. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
A former Chrysothemis and a youthful lyric soprano rise to the challenge to perform this high-octane sister act.
It’s Tales of Hoffmann meets Edgar Allan Poe starring a strapping Swedish spinto tenor, a charismatic American lyric mezzo-soprano, a versatile, wide-ranging Romanian lyric soprano who can sing almost anything from coloratura soprano to lyric soprano to spinto soprano, a virile Italian bass-baritone, and a charming German light tenor. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.