Clemency in a burning capitol

Par Dan Wang, 11 mars 2014

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

Voir le listing complet

Critique faite à Lyric Opera House, Chicago, le 8 mars 2014

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito (La Clémence de Titus)

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Matthew Polenzani, Tito

Joyce DiDonato, Sesto

Amanda Majeski, Vitellia

Cecelia Hall, Annio

Emily Birsan, Servilia

Christian Van Horn, Publio

Sir Andrew Davis, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Marie Lambert-Le Bihan, Revival Director

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 25th January

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

****1

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Graham Meyer, 2nd April

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

**111

A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 9th November

Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.

****1

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

Cameron Kelsall, 12th November

Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.

*****

A vibrant, urgent Ariodante at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Katherine Syer, 2nd March

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera.

*****

Plus de critiques...

Dan Wang

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.