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Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere
Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving.
The metamorphosis of M. Butterfly: UK premiere for Huang Ruo’s opera
From the chrysalis of a Broadway play and then to film, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly turns full cycle into an opera by composer Huang Ruo.
Blanchard’s problematic Fire Shut Up in My Bones returns to the Met
An exceptionally strong cast, led by Ryan Speedo Green, fails to disguise Blanchard's bland score and the opera's weak libretto.
Fire Shut Up in My Bones: a new beginning for The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera finally reopens its doors on a new season, staging Terence Blanchard's powerful work for the first time.
A finely sung Katya Kabanova in rust-bucket Russia
Stephen Lawless' new production for Scottish Opera and Theater Magdeburg sets the action in the industrial wastelands of Russia.
Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia
Static blocking and an uneven cast can't kill a Lucia di Lammermoor with a star this bright.