Patrick Dillon

Opera Lafayette’s Silvain Artistic Director Ryan Brown “came through big-time in the pit”

_{Opera Lafayette’s Silvain} Artistic Director Ryan Brown “came through big-time in the pit”

by Patrick Dillon | Jun 21, 2022 | Reviews

I’d very much missed Opera Lafayette, whose annual visits to New York from its homebase in...

COSÌ FAN TUTTERihab Chaieb is “a dream” in Washington National Opera’s Così fan tutte

_{COSÌ FAN TUTTE}Rihab Chaieb is “a dream” in Washington National Opera’s Così fan tutte

by Patrick Dillon | Apr 11, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

I’d thought I was arriving early for a three o’clock Sunday matinee—but no, in frustrating fact I...

Almost complete Don Carlos in French at the Met at last

Almost complete Don Carlos in French at the Met at last

by Patrick Dillon | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Don Carlo, in Italian, not Don Carlos, in French—that’s how I, like nearly everyone who loves this...

Sondra Radvanovsky ‘blossoms’ in the Met’s Tosca

Sondra Radvanovsky ‘blossoms’ in the Met’s Tosca

by Patrick Dillon | Dec 13, 2021 | Featured, Reviews

So much press hoopla has been lavished on the Met’s two new operas, Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut...

Songs for Murdered Sisters: Eking Beauty out of Tragedy

Songs for Murdered Sisters: Eking Beauty out of Tragedy

by Patrick Dillon | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured, Reviews

In the midst of a brutal cold spell that left millions of Texans without power, heat, and water,...

Manon at the Met—a marvelous revival keeps Massenet fresh

Manon at the Met—a marvelous revival keeps Massenet fresh

by Patrick Dillon | Oct 4, 2019 | Featured, Reviews

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Laurent Pelly’s drab production of Massenet’s Manon will never...

Review: Canadian divas Jane Archibald & Adrianne Pieczonka conquer Carnegie Hall

Review: Canadian divas Jane Archibald & Adrianne Pieczonka conquer Carnegie Hall

by Patrick Dillon | Apr 6, 2018 | Featured, Reviews

It must have been a simple coincidence that the English Concert’s semi-staged Rinaldo happened on...