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Susan Graham stars in LA Opera's charming Humperdinck revival
Susan Graham had all the fun every mezzo-soprano witch, who can sing the role and disguise herself – when necessary – to look the part, deserves.
Nature’s bonfire burns on: Zambello’s Die Walküre
Zambello's Die Walküre engages and excites in this promising Ring cycle.
Manifest destiny and doom
Das Rheingold stages flawed American Ambitions in the first Ring Cycle in Washington DC.
Operatic righteous anger or self-indulgence?
A righteous, politically-relevant but musically questionable world premiere of Philip Glass' revised Appomattox.
The Passenger: A harrowing evening
Two worlds occupied by the same two women and presented, jarringly, as a single multi-story set. One is the pristine white deck of a 1960s ship bound for Brazil, and beneath it, where the hull might be, is the grey grim world of Auschwitz.
Haunting, beautiful Dutchman sets sail at Glimmerglass
If an evocative and provocative crowd-pleaser is your preferred summertime fare, then catch the new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Glimmerglass Festival.Dutchman was Wagner’s first unabashed hit, deservedly so. It is a classic tale of redemption through love, masterfully scored, inspired by a stormy voyage the composer himself made and Heinrich Heine’s retelling of the legend.
