July - 2018

NEWS

In Review: Thompson in The Glimmerglass Festival's "Silent Night"

"Wm. Clay Thompson’s Father Palmer and Timothy Bruno as the General were strong contributors to this stirring performance" -Opera News...

Opera News: Thompson brings "mahogany-timbered" bass to Glimmerglass Festival "Vixen&

"Mahogany-timbred bass Wm. Clay Thompson was an imposing presence as the oafish, lying Poacher" -Opera News Read full review.

Babcock brings her "nuanced, smoldering portrayal" of Carmen to Mill City Summer Opera

"Sometimes opera performances are dominated by a single singer. That was the case Friday evening when Mill City Summer Opera opened its...

Opera News: Conyers lends his "refined baritone" to Wolf Trap "Roméo et Juliette&quot

“Joshua Conyers enriched the role of Capulet with a refined baritone.” -Opera News Read full review.

In Review: Latini and Colaneri in Glimmerglass Festival's "The Cunning Little Vixen"

"Music director Joseph Colaneri led a sumptuous performance featuring an expanded orchestra. Long passages of the opera carry on with no...

In Review: McIntyre directs "Flight" at Des Moines Metro Opera

Flight Soars High in Des Moines "Jonathan Dove’s innovative opera Flight is being lavished with an absolutely riveting new production at...

Opera News praises Calenos, Anderson, and Vickers in opera Delaware "Il trittico"

"All three Tabarro principals acted (and interacted) very credibly. Eleni Calenos (Giorgietta) proved a find, a real verista who...

Opera News applauds Faircloth and Piper for Utah Opera "Pagliacci" & "Gianni Schi

"Under the sure hands of stage director Tara Faircloth and conductor Timothy Myers, these one-act operas spanned a broad emotional range...

Opera News: Munger "an artist to reckon with" in Minnesota Opera's "Rigoletto&quo

"Quebec-born soprano Marie-Eve Munger was a winning Gilda; her account of the role embraced both the girlish charm of the first act—“Caro...

Opera News: Mayes "thrilling" in Pittsburgh Opera "Moby Dick"

"Pittsburgh Opera – Moby Dick“the stentorian but smooth-toned Starbuck of Michael Mayes, a wonderful vocalist whose ringing sound was...