I still remember how my heart would pound with excitement each week as the latest episode of “Game of Thrones” began unfolding on my TV screen. I had the same feeling Friday night at the Dr. Phillips ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — He comes here every day, to gather wood. Axe in hand, the woodcutter (baritone Geoffrey Schmelzer) sang as much when he introduced “In A Grove” with see-sawing modulation, ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An opera it was not, but in the world premiere of “mad scramble for crumbs,” Opera Saratoga presented a surrealist work of vocal art worth seeing, not only because it is ...
The wonderful Winter Opera has opened a quite splendid production of what has been called “the opera of all operas”—Mozart’s amazing Don Giovanni. The battle of the sexes is the most ancient of all ...
With a pacing faster than a sitcom and sometimes funnier, Opera Sartatoga’s production of “La Vie Parisienne” is all about indulgence, desire and diversion. Best known for his comedies, the French ...
The Metropolitan Opera opened its season Monday with the company premiere of Grounded, with a score by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto by George Brant. Theater critic Sara Holdren and music critic ...
This summer’s Santa Fe Opera season, which runs through Aug. 23, skews toward standard repertoire, but there were surprises within that narrow compass. Director Melly Still gave Wagner’s “Die Walküre” ...
Glimmerglass Festival’s production of “La Calisto” during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival's production of "La Calisto" during orchestra dress rehearsal. Glimmerglass Festival’s ...
Experience a tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands with Opera in the Heights' season-opening production of Lucia di Lammermoor. This timeless opera, known for its ...