There is no better opera to honor my mother’s birthday than Beethoven’s only opera about a woman rescuing her husband from being a political prisoner, with a production that transports the action to modern times. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Artur Garbas
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The young lyric coloratura soprano Julia Muzychenko tackles Gilda from Verdi’s Rigoletto, one of the many roles that define her ever-flourishing operatic career from soubrette to lyric coloratura. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
A rising full lyric soprano tackles one of Wagner’s virginally innocent heroines. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
He built himself up from his lyrical beginnings and is now treading toward the steelier spinto/dramatic tenor repertory evidenced by one of his tenures as Don José. This review is also dedicated to my mother who was celebrating her birthday. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Aigul Akhmetshina, a promising young mezzo-soprano with an exciting future ahead of her, tackles one of her signature roles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Freddie de Tommaso, a rock-steady young tenor with so much to give to the opera world, tackles the role of the impassioned painter Mario Cavaradossi. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Tall, charismatic, and handsome in stage presence but decent at best in voice, how does Erwin Schrott fare in an iconic Puccini villain role that he has been singing for many years? Please find out in my review and let me know your opinions as well.