“Norina, whom Pasquale is duped into marrying, was a feisty Hollywood starlet, first spotted in a foam-flecked bathtub, suffused with...

". . . joined by a strong cast, often costumed similarly and playing multiple roles, adding to the tales incomprehensibility. . ....

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

"The cast is resplendent with wonderful voices. Now this is, for the singers, very difficult music. No hummable Puccini melodies here....

"As usual, the Minnesota Opera fielded a top-flight cast and stellar production values. Central were. . . Susannah Biller’s sparkly,...

"Soprano Susannah Biller rode the sumptuous strings with honeyed tone and melting poignancy, displaying flashes of the temptress while...

"Susannah Biller in “Madame White Snake” came out with her character reincarnated as human, and her harvest-moon voice was the warmest...

"Handsome Edward Parks made the most of his beautiful russet-brown baritone in Ford’s Act II narrative [Falstaff]. . . Susannah Biller’s...

"Susannah Biller, as Eurydice, sang with effortlessness and provided a noble and impressive counterpart to Cano’s eagerly devoted Orphée....

“Conductor JOSEPH MECHAVICH leads the orchestra in an energetic performance of Catán’s mystical score. Four lead roles are double cast —...