Happiness Indeed: DF Reviews Candide at Curtis (for Parterre Box)
Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.
Friend Me a Tenor: Lawrence Brownlee & Friends on the Opera Philadelphia Channel
Opera Philadelphia’s new channel kicks off with a virtual program that embodies their best ideals.
REVIEW: They Love a Piano: Don Giovanni at Curtis/Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)
What R. B. Schlather’s visually arresting production has to do with the opera remains a mystery.
Razors, Edge: Sweeney Todd at Curtis Opera (for Parterre Box)
Ensemble coordination is this production’s greatest achievement, along with some fine individual contributions.
REVIEW:Trouble in Paradise — Double-Bill at Curtis Opera (for Parterre Box)
Chas Rader-Shieber’s conflation was simultaneously over-conceptualized and insufficiently thought through.
reclining standards 