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Dallas Opera’s Tristan & Isolde simply stunning

by Trevor Neal The chandelier rose into the ceiling at the Winspear Opera House signifying the start of what would be my first live Wagner drama, and was it one to remember. What was originally planned to be an un-staged concert version of this romantic drama was transformed and realized a fully staged production by [...]

Houston Grand Opera Announces 2012-13 Season

Houston Grand Opera, with Music Director Patrick Summers and Managing Director Perryn Leech, announces its 2012-13 season, headlined by four new productions. The first of these is Puccini’s La bohème, which launches the new season with a new staging by award-winning British director John Caird. To honor 2013’s joint bicentennials of Wagner and Verdi, the [...]

Word of the Day!

by Erica Papillion-Posey In the magical, fantasy ridden world of opera potions, poisons and elixirs are bountiful! From the obvious Donizetti classic Elixir of Love and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet to Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, there is much bamboozling and abra-cadabra-ing going on. Well, this is where it all started…. Nostrum: nos·trum/ˈnɒstrəm/ nos-truhm  –noun: 1. a [...]

Laurence Olivier 2010 award nominations announced

by Christie Connolley Every year the London Theater Society recognizes the best of London Theater with these awards named after legendary actor Laurence Olivier.  This year the nominees in musicals and opera are: New Musical: Dreamboats and Petticoats, Priscilla Queen of the Desert,  Spring Awakening,  Sister Act. Musical Revival: Annie, Get Your Gun,  Hello Dolly!,  [...]