Summer migration for Emerging Artists at Wolf Trap

By Hilary Stroh, 09 August 2015

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Reviewed at Wolf Trap, Vienna on 7 August 2015

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Wolf Trap Opera

Grant Gershon, Conductor

Tara Faircloth, Director

Zane Pihlstrom, Set Designer

Rooth Varland, Costume Designer

Alexandra Loutsion, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

J'Nai Bridges, Suzuki

Robert Watson, Pinkerton

Joo Won Kang, Sharpless

Grace Newberry, Kate Pinkerton

David Margulis, Goro

Ian Koziara, Prince Yamadori

Evan Boyer, The Bonze

National Symphony Orchestra

The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Rossini's The Touchstone triumphs at Wolf Trap

Hilary Stroh, 23rd June

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

****1

The pleasure of parody: delightful Opera seria

Hilary Stroh, 15th July

2016 Filene Young Artists give outstanding performance in Gassmann's Opera Seria.

*****

An inventive Rape of Lucretia with contemporary resonance at AVA

Cameron Kelsall, 17th February

A modern framing device drives home the sad timelessness of Britten's 1946 opera.

****1

Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces

Andrew Larkin, 22nd March

Netia Jones’ modern reimagining intrigues more than it convinces, but still makes a strong case for Dvořák’s dark fairy tale.

***11

Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.

****1

Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille

Elena Luporini, 20th March

A new production of Les Enfants terribles at the Opéra de Lille drags the audience into a terribly marvelous labyrinth, courtesy of conductor Virginie Déjos and directors Matthias Piro and Lisa Moro.

*****

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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.

Summer migration for Emerging Artists in Madama Butterfly at Wolf Trap Opera