
Grim Paris Salome Underserves the Work
The gloomy production is a poor platform for superstar soprano Lise Davidsen and a generally stellar cast.

The gloomy production is a poor platform for superstar soprano Lise Davidsen and a generally stellar cast.

In his debut performance of the title role, Gábor Bretz is superb in the Hungarian State Opera’s production of Mussorgsky’s enduring classic.

The WNO scores a success, delighting audiences with its freewheeling, Jazz-age New Orleans take on Offenbach’s Songbird.

In less than 80 minutes, Cavalleria rusticana alone establishes Mascagni as a composer worth our attention.

Puccini was a complex man with a distinctly dark side. This is also reflected in almost all his operas.

Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.

Palm Beach’s outgoing director, David Walker, will be sorely missed, but his legacy will live on, capped by this outstanding production of Hoffman set in the roaring ’20s.

Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! … But rich in feeling and in an entirely individual, personal melancholy! Even in

With such a fine musical performance, it is regrettable that the subway station is the production’s most memorable image.

Gracchus and its conclusion represent a musical offering on the altar of our great dramatic tradition.