Music

O Festival Diary—Day II: In O17’s Die Zauberflöte, the Magic is in the Technology

This imaginative, animated staging dazzles in some ways and comes up short in others.

This witty collage of theatrical ideas, superbly staged and performed, sets a high standard.

Opera Philadelphia’s innovative festival brings works old and new to venues across the city.

At the Met, Carsen and company reduce metaphor to melodrama.

A fine cast, expert conducting, and beautiful designs are hallmarks of Opera Philadelphia’s production.

Every entertaining minute is awash in excess in a show that practically defines “guilty pleasure.”

A beautiful production and a reminder of what brought many of us to opera in the first place.

What the diva does in this mixed-bag revival is star-lit and memorable. But is it acting?

Opera Philadelphia’s scores points with its highly entertaining, visually spectacular production

With this flawed but powerful new work, Opera Philadelphia is on a significant upward trajectory.