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Glyndebourne

Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy brought vividly to today

By David Karlin, 16 May 2024

Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.

*****

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*****

Glyndebourne

16 May 2024

Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy

By David Karlin

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New York City

Ailyn Pérez shines in Daniel Catán's verdant, shimmering Florencia en al Amazonas

By Robert Levine, 25 November 2023

The Metropolitan Opera premieres Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán in an eye-catching, warm production by Mary Zimmerman.

****1

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****1

New York City

25 Nov 2023

Ailyn Pérez shines in Daniel Catán's verdant, shimmering Florencia

By Robert Levine

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Cooperstown

Carmen at Glimmerglass: visually striking, dramatically inconsistent

By Cameron Kelsall, 18 July 2022

Denyce Graves, once the reigning Carmen of her day, directs a new production full of interesting choices that rarely cohere.

**111

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**111

Cooperstown

18 Jul 2022

Carmen at Glimmerglass: visually striking, dramatically inconsistent

By Cameron Kelsall

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Toronto

Canadian Opera Company returns to live performance with a beautifully sung Traviata

By John Gilks, 23 April 2022

Young Egyptian-New Zealand soprano Amina Edris makes a great impression in a revival of Arin Arbus’ strong 2015 production.

****1

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****1

Toronto

23 Apr 2022

COC returns to live performance with beautifully sung Traviata

By John Gilks

Seattle

Linking jazz and opera: Charlie Parker's Yardbird in Seattle

By Erica Miner, 22 February 2020

Composer Daniel Schnyder and librettist Bridgette A. Wimberly, both in their Seattle Opera debuts, have done a creditable job of conveying the jazz artist’s lifework.

***11

***11

Seattle

22 Feb 2020

Linking jazz and opera: Charlie Parker's Yardbird in Seattle

By Erica Miner

Santa Fe

Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 21 July 2017

Static blocking and an uneven cast can't kill a Lucia di Lammermoor with a star this bright.

***11

***11

Santa Fe

21 Jul 2017

Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz

London

A moving tribute in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird

By Olivia Bell, 09 June 2017

Lawrence Brownlee gives a compelling performance that truly does the groundbreaking saxophonist justice.

****1

****1

London

09 Jun 2017

A moving tribute in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird

By Olivia Bell

Santa Fe

A thoughtful Don Giovanni at Santa Fe

By Maria Nockin, 01 August 2016

In Ron Daniels' production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Santa Fe Opera, the specter of death and the possibility of judgment is always center stage.

****1

****1

Santa Fe

01 Aug 2016

A thoughtful Don Giovanni at Santa Fe

By Maria Nockin

Philadelphia

He knew why the caged bird sings: Charlie Parker's Yardbird at Opera Philadelphia

By David Browning, 07 June 2015

Great performances by Lawrence Brownlee and Angela Brown in a fantasia on Charlie Parker's life and death.

****1

****1

Philadelphia

07 Jun 2015

He knew why the caged bird sings

By David Browning

Philadelphia

Flicka Shines in Lackluster East Coast Première

By Stephen Raskauskas, 08 June 2014

Taking risks has mixed results in A Coffin In Egypt.

***11

***11

Philadelphia

08 Jun 2014

Lacklustre Coffin in Egypt

By Stephen Raskauskas