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A Falstaff to relish at the Met
A welcome revival at the Met of Robert Carsen's witty production of Verdi's final opera.
Heggie creates a new holiday tradition for the opera world
A wonderfully realized production at San Francisco Opera of Jake Heggie's operatic version of a holiday classic.
Upstairs Downstairs comedy in Washington
With the many glories of the score and the easy butts of class and marital comedy, it is hard not to be pleased by a Figaro performance, although tonight’s did not sparkle as much as it might have.
A tingling Midsummer Night in Valencia
Roberto Abbado's precise conducting made the score tingle with life. The magical glissandi were full of mystery, the hotbed of musical detail cleanly communicated and the amorous outbursts treated with Italianate ardour.
Magical debuts make the myth alive in Houston Grand Opera's Rusalka
Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, moving between the worlds and rooted in myth, is a shivering opera to experience with its opulent music and its fantastical plot.
Houston Grand Opera wastes a Figaro
This production proves that even Mozart’s best-laid plans can be undone.