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.
Kyle Miller
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.
Striking again with leonine vengeance as the bile-spewing, dejected, acrimonious nobleman Count Monterone is Byung Gil Kim, who continues to demonstrate unstoppable indomitability as a singing actor. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.
From the first time I witnessed Brenda Rae as the witty Zerbinetta nearly a decade ago to now witnessing her as the innocent Gilda, I assess how she tackles one of her signature roles from the Italian repertoire. 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.
Gallantry, exuberance, vigor, virility, aplomb, nobility, and regality are the attributes in Andrei Danilov’s dashing portrayal of Prince Tamino, a role he has been singing for over a decade. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions.