Reviewing The Passenger is a very unusual and challenging task. An opera that brings to life the very dark days of Europe during WWII is performed in ...
I will readily admit that Otello is my personal favorite of all Verdi operas. The magnificent choruses, searing ensembles, and tender arias, all frame...
The works of Donizetti are loved by some for the opportunities they provide for great singers to display their wares. In the bel canto world he domina...
To lose one soprano may be regarded as a misfortune – to lose two turns out to be a piece of good luck for Covent Garden because it brought to the sta...
Can it ever truly be love if it is spawned from an obsession? We see scattered throughout history, literature, and modern pop culture the notion that ...
Abbé Prévost’s Novel “Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut,” written back in 173,1 was an inspiration to many opera composers, includi...
119 years after the great success of the opening night of Tosca in Rome, the audience in Tel Aviv was privileged to share a very similar experience. F...
What a pity that ENO did not decide to call this opera simply The Women of Whitechapel and leave the name of a serial killer out of the title. All the...
This production has attracted much attention: not only has the entire run nearly sold out at the box office, but trade in tickets, on eBay is both bri...
