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.
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Gilda Fiume, a dramatic coloratura soprano with a vastly versatile repertoire that includes comedic and dramatic roles, embodies one of her most renowned signature roles, Lucia Ashton. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Passionately spirited virility and excellent technical prowess are the tremendous attributes that made Signore Martin Muehle shine like blazing comets, meteors, asteroids, and lasers as Mario Cavaradossi. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
A constantly soaring lyric coloratura soprano continues to spread her wings in one of her signature roles. Assisting her are a cavalcade of equally formidable singers. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Tareq Nazmi jettisons from his character bass beginnings and tackles more leading man basso cantante/basso profondo roles. King Marke is one of his most recent endeavors. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
This was a grand night for Verismo and post-Verismo Italian art songs courtesy of three sterling singers, a fine pianist, and a charming poet. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
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.
Nina Solodovnikova, a consistently rising lyric coloratura soprano, shines and makes a strong impression as the beautiful and fair Princess Pamina. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
A shocking tale of witchcraft, superstition, religious fanaticism, and illicit intimate affairs comes to life at the Deutsche Oper Berlin but with a minimalistic twist courtesy of Christof Loy. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
Magnificent musicianship, grandiose gallantry, and pristine peerlessness are the hallmarks that make Thomas Lehman flourish as a superb baritone embodying the earnestly noble Wolfram von Eschenbach. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.