Artiste: Greg Fedderly

The Philadelphia Orchestra's superb semi-staged production of Tosca. 

The musical experience was dominated by the imagery making spectators feel, at least at times, overwhelmed.

Jun Kaneko's production of The Magic Flute at San Francisco Opera is a feast for the eyes, but both the stage direction and the translation need work.

“It is not his trial, it is mine, mine. It is I whom the devil awaits.” Richard Croft's Vere leads an outstanding cast in LA Opera's revival of Billy Budd.

Read our review of John Doyle's production of Britten's Peter Grimes in its 2008 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Although opera, as a genre, is easily celebrated for its capacity to move and transport an audience, it is rare to be emotionally disturbed by one. Tobias Picker’s Dolores Claiborne, which received its world première by the San Francisco Opera this week, achieves such a feat. In doing so, it will certainly garner notoriety, both as well-deserved praise and well-deserved condemnation.