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NYCO Orpheus ‘Should Have Stayed Dead and Buried’
by Christie Connolley Well, that is the opinion of the New York Post critic James Jordan, evidently he is not shy about laying it all out there. He recently reviewed the final production of the season for New York City Opera, Telemann’s Orpheus. Check out his ‘candid’ views in the Operagasm Review Rundown! Looking at [...]
Operagasm Exclusive Book Review: Don Juan in Hankey, PA
by Judy O. Marchman In Gale Martin’s portrayal of a small town opera guild, she weaves together a farcical comedy and light hearted romance that mimics a Mozartian opera. In fact, the book can be construed as a parallel to Mozart’s Don Giovanni, no doubt Martin’s aim, including the bizarre moments that often have opera [...]
Operagasm Exclusive Review: The Figaro Project Effing Kills Giovanni
by Melissa Wimbish I don’t know how to organize my thoughts in order to correctly convey how completely blown away I was by the performance of Who Killed Don Giovanni? presented by The Figaro Project last night at the University of Baltimore. PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AND GO SEE THIS OPERA. Okay, now I [...]
Utah Opera’s Magnificient Mice & Men
by Christie Connolley Utah Opera is getting great reviews for their recent production of Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice And Men. Catherine Reese Newton of the Salt Lake Tribune agreed, declaring “every aspect of this production is top-notch!” Check out her review in the Operagasm Review Rundown! Let’s talk tenor: “Tenor Corey Bix, who had a [...]
Nabucco: “The play-within-a-play idea has been done to death”
by Melissa Wimbish Has it? Because I totally love that idea! Washington National Opera is currently celebrating Verdi’s Nabucco through May 21st at The Kennedy Center. Celebrating? That’s what it sounds like to me based on this review. The sets, the costumes, the “audience”..looks like you’re in for a treat! Check out the Operagasm review rundown! [...]
Operagasm Exclusive Review: Opera Colorado’s Il Trovatore
by Anne Breeden As a new transplant to CO, Il Trovatore was my very first visit to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver. The house itself is quite lovely. From what I’ve been told, it was in bad need of renovations, which were only recently done (2005) in part thanks to “Denver’s first [...]
Operagasm Exclusive Review: Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Manon Lescaut
by Jessica Lennick I have a confession to make: I am a Massenet Manon kind of girl. The story of Manon is, at its heart, a story of the excesses of Paris and how it uses up the youth of one exceptionally pretty girl. So, it’s basically every 18th century French story ever written. Wednesday [...]
Operagasm Exclusive Review: Talise Trevigne, At the Statue of Venus- A Twenty-First Century Delight
by Liz Mattox If you are not familiar with the composer and pianist Jake Heggie, you should be. If you have never heard of four time Emmy award winner, conductor, lyricist, and composer Glen Roven, get acquainted. If the refined voice and artistry of soprano Talise Trevigne doesn’t ring a bell, drop everything and listen [...]
Strong Feelings about Love/Hate
by Christie Connolley Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle is not without some serious opinions about a new chamber opera Love/Hate, commissioned by the ODC Theatre in cooperation with the San Francisco Opera Center. Let’s start with the title of his review, shall we? ‘Love/Hate’ review: Rhapsody in blah. Here is the Operagasm Review [...]
Nice Hoffman, Eh?
by Melissa Wimbish Arthur Kaptainis reports for The National Post on the Canadian Opera Company’s latest overnight drunk. Les Contes d’Hoffman or The Tales of Hoffman as the Canadians are calling it these days, is certainly reminiscent of some drunken friend’s account of their crazy night and can leave you a bit confused. But at least the music [...]
