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.
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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.
Here is another opera review in honor of my mother’s birthday. This time, I review Marco Filippo Romano’s performance of an oafish yet iconic doctor trying to win over his young ward. 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.
I take a look at a Hans Neuenfels-directed Ariadne auf Naxos. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
I am back in the reviewing game with Jennifer O’Loughlin striking up the band as Anna Bolena. How did she and her co-stars fare in their roles? Find out in my review.
One month ago, Deutsche Oper Berlin exclaimed hail to the queen, when Liv Redpath made her role debut as Marguerite de Valois aka La Reine Margot. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
After a two-month hiatus, I am back with a review of a Meyerbeer opera starring a young, enamored peasant girl from bucolic Breton whose head is in the clouds. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.