In the midst of a brutal cold spell that left millions of Texans without power, heat, and water,...
Reviews
L’orangeraie interpretation takes racist turn at Chants Libres
I can't believe that it's 2021, one week after the U.S. swore in its first woman and first person...
Review: Vienna State Opera premieres Henze’s Das verratene Meer
The most prolific operatic composer of the postwar period, Hans Werner Henze's contribution to the...
Review: Vancouver Opera Amahl and the Night Visitors offers the “actually there” experience
Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera written specifically for...
Review: Messiah/Complex joyfully proves beauty of a vast ‘Canadian’ experience
I feel I must preface this review with the confession that I have never--not ever--seen a...
Review: Opera Atelier Something Rich & Strange puts new clothes on Baroque works
Despite repeated coronavirus lockdowns, social distancing rules and a climate of apprehension,...
Review: Tapestry’s Love Songs “musically and dramatically rich piece of work”
Love Songs-A Saxophony is a collaboration between Tapestry Opera and New Music Concerts; a staged...
Figaro at Oper Frankfurt: adapted for social distance
Saddled with reviving an Oper Frankfurt production not compliant with pandemic restrictions,...
Aida: Against the odds at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Probably nothing could have nudged me out of my semi-confinement in Normandy and reluctantly onto...
Tapestry Opera’s Songbook X goes virtual
These are troubling times and Tapestry Opera’s decision to go ahead with a live stream version of...