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Boston Lyric Opera Announces 2011-2012 Season

Sarah Coburn, Carter Scott star in iconic roles Music Director David Angus conducts his first full season BLO debuts by directors Tim Albery, Doug Varone and conductor Jari Hämäläinen Verdi: Macbeth (New Production) November 4 – 13, 2011 Maxwell Davies: The Lighthouse (New Opera Annex Production) February 8 – 12, 2012 Rossini: The Barber of [...]

Good Reviews for BLO’s Agrippina

by Christie Connolley Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Agrippina is getting favorable reviews.  The opening sentence of Keith Powers review in the Boston Herald sums it up, “Handel is rolling over in his grave.  And audiences are loving it.” Powers continues: “Boston Lyric Opera set the great composer’s “Agrippina” on its head Friday evening at [...]

Jealousy, lust, deception and death at the Boston Public Library

Boston Lyric Opera hosts FREE opera night lecture on Puccini’s Tosca, with mini performances by lead singer Diego Torre WHAT:  Dr. Deborah Burton, an internationally-renowned Puccini expert and published author, discusses “The Twists and Trysts of Tosca.” The BLO 2010-2011 season opens with the classic Puccini work on November 5. Dr. Burton’s theme: “If turnabout [...]

Boston Lyric Opera Finds New Venue

by Christie Connolley The Boston Lyric Opera is using a new venue that promises to mirror the eerieness of the subject matter in Britten’s Turn of the Screw.  The company transformed a Boston area castle into a performance venue for their February performances of the opera. Andrea Shea of wbur.org has all the details: http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/03/opera-new-space