Joust In Time: Man of La Mancha at Saratoga Opera (for Parterre Box)
Zachary James delivers a thoughtfully crafted, blessedly restrained Quixote/Cervantes.
Ladies of Spain: The Met’s Final 2020-21 Streaming Program (for Parterre Box)
These streamed recitals, warts and all, have allowed us to see performers let their hair down.
Remembering Ghena Meirson (1957-2021)
Ghena’s Russian Opera workshops were a source of joy to Philadelphia, and a contribution to music far beyond our city.
The Drama You’ve Been Craving: Opera Philadelphia Explores Tosca at the Mann (for Parterre Box)
Opera is back, baby, and it’s good to be home!
Myth Me Blind: DF on Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns by MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
MasterVoices’ imaginative traversal of Adam Guettel’s quirky, charmingly uncategorizable work continues.
Fascinating but Frustrating: Our Critics Discuss Sonya Yoncheva in Recital (for Parterre Box)
With this recital, the Metropolitan Opera kicks it’s diva-dom game up a notch!
Forging Forward, Instruments in Hand: Our Critics on the Met Orchestra Streamed Concert (for Parterre Box)
Guest soprano Angela Gheorghiu brought her radiant individuality to a project close to her heart.
Sparkle, Lisette, Sparkle!: Opera Philadelphia’s Archival Production of La Traviata (for Parterre Box)
God is in the details, as they say—and in passage after passage, Oropesa realized those details as few singers have.
One Little Soldier: Opera Philadelphia Streams Soldier Songs
You will not soon forget David T. Little’s harrowing, riveting monodrama, nor Johnathan McCullough’s performance.
Learning to Fly: Myths and Hymns, Part I from MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
MasterVoices’ epic project may be the best showcase Guettel’s work has yet received.
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