Rossini's The Touchstone triumphs at Wolf Trap

By Hilary Stroh, 24 June 2017

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“The purist bowed before a funkier sense of aptness”

Reviewed at Wolf Trap, Vienna on 23 June 2017

Rossini, La Pietra del paragone

Wolf Trap Opera

Antony Walker, Conductor

E Loren Meeker, Director

Erhard Rom, Set Designer

Erik Teague, Costume Designer

Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Baroness Aspasia

Zoie Reams, Clarice

Summer Hassan, Donna Fulvia

Alasdair Kent, Giocondo

Kihun Yoon, Macrobio

Richard Ollarsaba, Counst Asdrubale

Anthony Schneider, Fabrizio

The pleasure of parody: delightful Opera seria

Hilary Stroh, 15th July

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

*****

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.

A double bill anchored by Zoom at Houston Grand Opera

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th November

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton seemed to have a lot of fun taking up the role of Julia Child once again.

***11

A #metoo Don Giovanni at Washington National Opera

Sydney Boyd, 29th February

Lots of people talk about keeping opera relevant. WNO shows why this opera always has been.

****1

Eric Owens’ Forester the highlight of Glimmerglass' Vixen

Edward Sava-Segal, 21st July

A production that veers close to the Disneyesque but still provides plenty to enjoy.

***11

Surrealist Rigoletto impresses at the Lyric

Dan Wang, 7th October

The Lyric Opera’s new production of Rigoletto evokes visually the contours and high-contrast relief of a surrealist painting.

***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.