Simple staging and sublime performances make the three-hour “variety show” zip by with style.
Libby Larsen’s operatic adaptation of Shelley is less than riveting in a confusing production.
A.B.S. Academy participants show their stuff in an assured performance.
Martín y Soler’s jaunty farce makes an un-edgy interlude in West Edge Opera’s festival season.
Stellar performances outshine ungainly production choices and the limitations of the opera itself.
Stellar ensemble work and strong vocal performances make magic with Rossini’s fairy tale.
The rave is in: Mason Bates’s first opera is a (re)sounding success, one that deserves permanent repertory status.
Three diverse one-acts gave Merola’s singers a chance to strut their stuff.
Donald Pippin’s rhymed libretto in English brings the opera’s charming lyrics to the fore.
Confident performances abounded in the Merola Program’s Schwabacher Summer Concert.
