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Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment
Very few singers can hold an audience in the palm of their hand the way Brenda Rae as Marie does in this rollicking frolic.
Boston Lyric Opera’s Macbeth is hobbled by miscalculations
David Angus leads a taut, spirited performance, but Steve Maler’s staging of Verdi's first Shakespearean opera raises many questions.
Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, more alive than ever in Boston
The composer's magnum opus, unjustly neglected in English-speaking countries, receives magnificent treatment from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, anchored by David Butt Philip and Christine Goerke.
Flawed staging, compelling singing: Eurydice at Boston Lyric Opera
Conducting a reduced version of his own opera, Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice still packs a big punch.
Beantown rags to riches: BLO’s Cenerentola an unalloyed delight
Impeccable ensemble work in Dawn M Simmons' first foray into opera.
Harrowing intimacy: Boston Lyric Opera’s Bluebeard’s Castle
Boston Lyric Opera decamps to a 1919 wharf shed for a production of Bartók's eerie two-hander, framed by four of Alma Mahler's songs.