The pleasure of parody: delightful Opera seria

Par Hilary Stroh, 17 juillet 2016

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“I haven’t heard an audience laugh more at an opera ever. Period.”

Critique faite à Wolf Trap, Vienna, le 15 juillet 2016

Gassmann, L'opera seria

Wolf Trap Opera

Eric Melear, Direction

Matthew Ozawa, Mise en scène

Charlie Corcoran, Décors

Sally Dolembo, Costumes

Richard Ollarsaba, Fallito

Jonas Hacker, Delirio

Clarissa Lyons, Stonatrilla

Mané Galoyan, Smorfiosa

Alasdair Kent, Ritornello

Amy Owens, Porporina

Christian Zaremba, Passagallo

Talin Nalbandian, Caverna

Thomas Glass, Bragherona

Jeanne Ireland, Befana

Rossini's The Touchstone triumphs at Wolf Trap

Hilary Stroh, 23rd June

Wolf Trap Opera delivers high camp Rossini true to the composer.

****1

Summer migration for Emerging Artists at Wolf Trap

Hilary Stroh, 7th August

Emerging talent to watch in Wolf Trap's summer production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Canadian Opera Company opens season with a Fidelio for our time

Michelle Assay, 29th September

A massive rotating cube, CCTV, an immigrants’ detention centre: Fidelio returns to the Toronto stage with a visually arresting production full of contemporary resonances.

***11

A strongly cast Nabucco opens at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Dan Wang, 23rd January

The Lyric Opera put together the best-sounding première of the year so far, in which singers, chorus and the orchestra all began with astonishing confidence and only improved from there.

****1

Billy Budd ou le triomphe de la beauté à l'Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

L'Opéra de Lyon propose pour la première fois le chef-d'œuvre de Britten à son public : une réussite tant visuelle que musicale, accueillie avec enthousiasme par les spectateurs.

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Une Manon Lescaut en demi-teinte à l'Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 20th March

Proposée dans le cadre du festival annuel de l'Opéra de Lyon, la nouvelle production de l'ouvrage de Puccini ne prend pas vraiment, et laisse l’impression d’une promesse incomplètement tenue.

***11

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.

The pleasure of parody: delightful Opera seria at Wolf Trap