Albert Herring earns the crown at Curtis Opera Theatre

Por Cameron Kelsall, 06 marzo 2020

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“Eve Summer piquantly captures the state of life in an insular English village”

Crítica hecha desde Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia el 5 marzo 2020

Britten, Albert Herring

Curtis Opera Theatre

George Manahan, Dirección

Eve Summer, Dirección de escena

Julia Noulin-Mérat, Diseño de escena

Ethan Burck, Albert Herring

Ruby Dibble, Mrs. Herring

Merissa Beddows, Lady Billows

Anastasiia Sidorova, Florence Pike

Lindsey Reynolds, Miss Wordsworth

Andrew Moore, Mr Gedge

Colin Aikins, Mr Upfold

Thomas Petrushka, Superintendent Budd

Ben Schaefer, Sid

Sophia Maekawa, Nancy

Miloš Repický, Piano

Members of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra

Curtis Opera Theatre does Barbiere... and Rossini wins

Susan Gould, 22nd November

In Barbiere, the humor is constantly in the music So this staging was best when the director didn't impose anything but followed and respected the text and especially the music.

***11

Mozart's Don Giovanni overwhelmed by pianos

Susan Gould, 8th March

Curtis Institute singers and orchestra rescue Mozart's Don Giovanni from being overwhelmed by pianos.

**111

Curtis Opera Theater's Ariadne auf Naxos

David Browning, 4th March

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale about a great conservatory production of Ariadne auf Naxos, with wonderful singing and visual delights aplenty.

****1

Odyssey Opera presents Menotti’s The Last Savage

Kevin Wells, 13th March

Odyssey Opera makes a convincing case that The Last Savage’s time has come.

*****

Éxito asegurado, resultado confirmado: La traviata en La Faràndula

Albert Ferrer Flamarich, 22nd April

Andrés Salado dirige La traviata con buen equilibrio y riqueza orquestal, producción de la Fundació Òpera Catalunya en la que destacó Tina Gorina, por su naturalidad y dominio de la voz.

****1

Puértolas domina la feliz recuperación de El gitano por amor

Aaron Vincent, 22nd April

El Teatro de la Zarzuela recupera una ópera bufa de Manuel García en la que la gitanilla de Sabina Puértolas enamora.

***11

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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.