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In Review: Wolverton is a "powerful" Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni" with Skylark O

"And Karin Wolverton made Donna Anna a powerful vocal presence, hitting high notes that may have shattered glass (although an audience...

In Review: Blumberg is "Outstanding" in BEMF "Le Carnaval de Venise" and “Liviet

"In casting the male romantic lead as a baritone rather than the traditional high tenor, Campra broke with the tradition established by...

Hernandez gives a "moving" performance as Pa Joad in OTSL "The Grapes of Wrath"

"The stalwart Pa Joad is sung by baritone Levi Hernandez in another very strong and moving performance." -KDHX.org Read full review. "The...

In Review: Ian McEuen is Goro is Washington National Opera's "Madama Butterfly"

"Ian McEuen returns to the WNO stage as Goro and fares well in this stylized version of Madame Butterfly, scooting around the stage,...

In Review: Edward Parks is Marcello in Minnesota Opera's 'La bohème"

"Edward Parks played a sympathetic Marcello, singing with a commanding baritone." -Star Tribune Read full review. "Edward Parks is a...

Opera News applauds Mackenzie Whitney for his "luminous tone" in Utah Opera "Lucia&qu

"Edgardo, the man to whom Lucia had pledged her heart, was played in swashbuckling style by tenor Mackenzie Whitney. His luminous tone...

Opera News commends Krumm's "exquisite" performance as Meg in "Little Women"

"As the eldest March girl, Meg, mezzo Laura Krumm was exquisite. Her lyric instrument had the warm shimmer of a lyric soprano combined...

Opera News hails Michael Mayes as Joseph De Rocher in Washington National Opera's "Dead Man

"The role of the "dead man," Joseph DeRocher, was inhabited fully by Michael Mayes, down to the ever-twitching leg that belied his death...

Opera News praises Biller, Zabala, and Irvin for "Dinner at Eight" at Minnesota Opera

Bolcom bestows a compact, aria-like number on each of the opera’s nine principal singer/actors; these pieces reveal character and, not...

In Review: Anderson, Calenos, Crider, Morgan, and Vickers in Opera Company of Middlebury "Il tr

"Soprano Eleni Calenos delivered a brilliant and sensitive vocal performance as Giorgetta, torn between her lover Luigi and her husband...