Boston Lyric Opera has been pushing the excitement factor for their new production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for quite some time. I totally bought into it and have been holding my breath for the show that was to come. Not only did  BLO have their regular outreach programs at the Library and [...]

Boston Lyric Operas production of Agrippina was nothing at all like I imagined it to be. Full of slap stick humor, ridiculous random props and over dramatized staging this was not your typical Handel opera. The audience fell in love with the comedy that Lillian Groag, fresh off directing the same production for the New [...]

Getting thunderous applause from a Wednesday evening audience can sometimes prove a difficult task, but Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Puccini’s Tosca effortlessly evoked the praises of the packed Shubert Theatre. Beginning slowly, the production quickly gained momentum as it raced toward and eventually reached its epic climax. This new adaptation of a Scottish Opera [...]

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 [...]