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Alapont leads Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso

The Teatro Comunale di Treviso will stage Lucia di Lammermoor in a production by the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara and the Teatri e...

In Review: Calenos impresses in Schönerland at the Staatstheater Weisbaden

"Die eindringlichste Figur ist die der Saida (Die Glückliche), eine Frau, die auf der Flucht ihre Identität verloren hat. Verkörpert wird...

In Review: Apostolou, Beruan, and Vickers in "Guillaume Tell" at Baltimore Concert Opera

"The stand out performer for me was tenor Matthew Vickers who sang the role of Arnold. . . he sang beautifully and his voice had that...

In Review: Belcher, Boehler, and Ferrante in the world premiere of "Elizabeth Cree" at Ope

"Three brilliant performances anchored the opera. . . As the cheerfully demented Kildare—his every appearance marked by an insistent...

Velasco brings her "striking" voice to "Cosi fan tutte" at Opera San Jose

"Cassandra Zoé Velasco as Dorabella is both astute and suggestive, with a strong voice that is as striking as it is thoughtful—almost...

In Review: Colaneri leads "The Seige of Calais" at the Glimmerglass Festival

"We were happy to have Joseph Colaneri in the pit, as he led the orchestra quite crisply through Donizetti's score." -Taminophile Read...

Opera News deems McIntyre's "Billy Budd" at DMMO "an extraordinary experience&quo

"The weekend concluded July 9 with Kristine McIntyre's spectacular mounting of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd. DMMO scored a coup in...

Opera News hails Treviño for his "musical power and dramatic excellence" in "Three Wa

"The plot has many twists and turns—some humorous, some anything but— including some surprises. The chromatic shifts of harmony and mood...

The New York Times praise Munger who "stood out" in La Monnaie's "Pinocchio"

"Among the fine cast, the soprano Marie-Eve Munger stood out as the fairy, who expresses herself in glassy-clear coloratura." - The New...

In Review: Zabala and Ringle impress in Berkshire Opera's "Ariadne auf Naxos"

“As to Adriana Zabala, the Composer, Nicole Haslett as Zerbinetta and Marcy Stonikas as Ariadne, we cannot imagine, at least last night...