Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Turn Garth Greenwell’s First Novel Into An Opera? Quite A Few People
First to get the idea was conductor Alan Pierson, a friend of Greenwell’s since music-student days at Eastman. Pierson sent ...
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L.A. Opera review: ‘Madame Butterfly’ gets a Hollywood angle
Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway ...
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ extends Broadway run due to demand
CNN  — The music of the night will continue for eight weeks longer than expected. The Broadway musical “The Phantom ...
Madame Butterfly meets Hollywood film set at the LA Opera – Seen and Heard International
United States Puccini, Madame Butterfly:Â Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, ...
A Theatregoer’s Guide to Attending the Metropolitan Opera
Attending the opera for the first time can be intimidating, but with the right attitude, it's as accessible as a ...
Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera?
The Verdict Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Jeanine Tesori's Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera? Jeanine Tesori and George Brant's ...
A Painful Gesture Toward Opera On New York’s Little Island
“The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to … ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian libretto is being projected ...
Eugene Onegin is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera – Seen and Heard International
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Northern Ireland Opera / Dominic Limburg (conductor). Grand Opera House, ...
Soprano Lucine Amara, Met Opera Mainstay For Four Decades, Is Dead At 99
She sang 748 performances in 56 roles at the Met between 1950 and 1991. Many of those performances were last-minute: ...
Atlanta Opera is Presenting Rent and La Bohème in Repertory
Classic Arts News Atlanta Opera is Presenting Rent and La Bohème in Repertory The immersive productions are part of “The ...