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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 [...]

Operagasmic Production of the Week

by Christie Connolley I love to arrive early to the opera.  For one, I want to sit down and see what everyone else is wearing…. the gowns, the sequins, THE SHOES!  Once that is done, I delve into the program!  I want to read the ‘who’s who, all of the singers’ bios, and the miniature [...]

Pittsburgh Opera Announces 2012-2013 Season

(Pittsburgh, PA) – Pittsburgh Opera announces a season of classics in 2012-‘13, featuring three new productions. The season opens Saturday, October 6, 2012 with Verdi’s Rigoletto, featuring Mark Delavan (Falstaff, 2009) in the title role, along with Lyubov Petrova (Ariadne auf Naxos, 2006) as Gilda, in a production from Utah Opera. The fall schedule continues [...]

Spring in New York City

New York City Opera to begin its 2010 Spring Season on March 18 with sparkling gala performance of L’Étoile Celebratory opening performance of Chabrier’s comic gem to be followed by an Opera Ball, with waltzes performed by the New York City Opera Orchestra Spring Season continues with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Handel’s Partenope, the free annual [...]