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African American spirituals ring out in world premiere of Jubilee
A world premiere opera about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the intrepid troupe of African American singers who changed music history.
Opera Philadelphia returns to Broad Street in an awkward homecoming
Unstaged performances of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and George Walker's Lilacs highlighted musical inadequacies and deprived audiences of the creative productions they've come to expect from this company.
LA Opera emerges from its 18-month hiatus with a new Trovatore
Francisco Negrín gives his singers little help in a dark, boxy new staging, put together at frantic, last minute speed.
Prokofiev's commedia dell’arte showpiece in Philadelphia
Alessandro Talevi production for Festival O has sight gags and vaudeville tricks aplenty and features splendid voices in a fine cast.
Curtis Opera Theatre offers overwhelming double bill of family tragedy
The pairing of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea with Rene Orth’sEmpty the House worked perfectly and did absolute justice to these two despair-filled operas.