In Review: Ollarsaba as Don Giovanni in Grand Rapids
“Richard Ollarsaba, who plays Don Giovanni, commanded the stage from the first moment he set foot on it. Tall, swaggering, and thin as a...
In Review: Burns in Utah Opera's "Il barbiere di Siviglia"
"Perhaps the biggest laughs were earned by Matthew Burns as Doctor Bartolo, who played the role like a hapless dad in a late 1960s...
Colaneri makes an"impressive company debut" with Seattle Opera
"On the podium, Joseph Colaneri made an impressive company debut. Fully in command of an orchestra that was understandably diminished in...
In Review: Rosen and Jeremiah in Opera Company of Middlebury's "Maid of Orleans"
"Joshua Jeremiah, another bass-baritone, delivered sanity convincingly as the king’s lieutenant Dunois. . . The catalyst for the...
In Review: Outlaw in Opera San Jose's "Mozart and Salieri"
"Outlaw is expressive as Salieri and he is somewhat offended at the other composer's easy sense of humor. Singing with bronzed tones, he...
"Bright-voiced" Packer "excellent" in Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"
"Tenor Chauncey Packer, a south Alabama native, played Billie’s philandering husband, Spinner, his voice pulled into a rubbery purr that...
In Review: Marino in The Metropolitan Opera's "Boris Godunov"
"Megan Marino sang the role of Feodor with swagger and playfulness. She gave the character a bright mezzo voice at the beginning but as...