Idonemeo is one of the greatest operas ever written. A Greek tragedy complete with meddling gods, monsters, love triangles and chaos with a silver-lined ending, it’s everything I expect in an Opera Seria piece and more. Mozart’s soaring music and vision fill the piece and mesmerize any audience member. Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of [...]
Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos has made headlines around the world as it is a revival of the European Welsh National Opera. I was very excited to have the chance to see this production come to life here in Boston, and am still delighted that I had the opportunity.
Revival director and choreographer [...]
The Boston Opera Collaborative was at its most spectacular this past weekend with their production of A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim’s charming and funny tale of love across generations. The show is a favorite of opera companies for its musical intricacies and a favorite of audience members for its clever dialog, witty puns and [...]
The story of The Rheingold Curse comes from a long tradition of Viking myths that deal with family values, greed and lust- subjects that still relate to so much in our lives today. The vikings had a nomadic aural tradition which has been almost completely absent for hundreds of years. Sequentia made the massive effort [...]
Baroque opera is not for everyone. It is a bit slow moving and focuses more on the music than on the action. It is full of Da Capo arias that can either be exhilarating or drab, but when done well leaves an audience grasping for more. The Boston Early Music Festival is known for their [...]
When on my way to see The Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of The Crucible this weekend, I mistakenly went in the wrong entrance. Instead of the ticket booth and refreshment table, I was greeted by people shuffling large instruments through small door ways, people shmoozing with would-be donors pre-show and the far off sounds of [...]
Call me a theatre snob, (no, really, go ahead, I’m still 60k in debt for my Master’s in Theatre, it is the least you can do) but there just aren’t a lot of opportunities for me to see shows in Boston that I have never seen or heard much about. That is why I jumped [...]