Tag: Gioachino Rossini
Review: ‘Die Fledermaus’ at the Santa Fe Opera, and What We’ve...
This Santa Fe production of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus was the least Viennese of any I’ve ever seen. No, director Ned Canty did not...
Review: ‘Viva la Zarzuela! The Music of Spain’ at Concert Operetta...
Concert Operetta Theater was founded in 2008 to revive and preserve the type of musical theater that’s more lighthearted and accessible than opera, but...
Review: ‘Tancredi’ at Opera Philadelphia
A company premiere and part of its Opera at the Academy series presented in the historic Academy of Music, Opera Philadelphia’s production of Tancredi,...
‘Semiramide’ with Washington Concert Opera at Lisner Auditorium
The predominance of voice in the operatic tradition usually doesn’t change the need for effective staging to put the full point across. Washington Concert...
An Interview with Antony Walker, Artistic Director of Washington Concert Opera
The operas of early 19th century master Gioachino Rossini play a big part in the life of Maestro Antony Walker. The artistic director of Washington...
‘Cinderella’ (‘La Cenerentola’) at Washington National Opera #2 (Tara Erraught)
“The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry.” In this case, to the great enjoyment of all in the Washington National...
‘Cinderella’ (‘La Cenerentola’) at Washington National Opera #1 (Isabel Leonard)
Every spring, the Washington National Opera launches a family friendly show in time for their M&M'S® Opera in the Outfield, and this year they...