Criticism

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — DF Reviews The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

Global warming meets the cool factor in The Seasons.

In a program ranging from Schubert to Tosti, the beloved tenor charmed the pants off Philadelphia.

Sweet Smell of Success was strongly cast here, but the merits of this noir musical are hardly black or white.

Perhaps this patch of rural America is now too well trod.

Shakespeare’s sedate historical tragedy becomes a relentlessly pulsating seriocomedy

Preston Max Allen’s new play feels like a Very Special Episode.

Rossini’s relative rarity gets a splashy if not wholly coherent production at Opera Philadelphia.

The show has an adoring following, but it’s less edgy than its forty-year-old source material.

In top form, the Met musicians gave rich voice to each selection.. especially the Dvořák.

I’d never imagined spending 10 hours with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, but such is the magic of this event.