Living at the Opera » American opera http://livingattheopera.com/blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:03:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The U of A’s Opera Theater–Potent Vocals and Incisive Dramatics Bring Veracity to G. Menotti’s Consul http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2011/12/14/the-u-of-as-opera-theater-potent-vocals-and-incisive-dramatics-bring-veracity-to-g-menottis-consul/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2011/12/14/the-u-of-as-opera-theater-potent-vocals-and-incisive-dramatics-bring-veracity-to-g-menottis-consul/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:45:30 +0000 Administrator http://livingattheopera.com/blog/?p=4843 Posted in Articles

More than half a century has passed since Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul* premiered at the Shubert Theater in Philadelpia in 1950. The opera, called his finest lyrical composition, ran in New York for eight months on Broadway picking up [...]]]> http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2011/12/14/the-u-of-as-opera-theater-potent-vocals-and-incisive-dramatics-bring-veracity-to-g-menottis-consul/feed/ 0 Adams, Nixon in China http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2010/03/21/adams-nixon-in-china/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2010/03/21/adams-nixon-in-china/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:36:15 +0000 Administrator http://livingattheopera.com/blog/?p=2953 Posted in American operaOther contributors

From Seen and Heard International By: Bernard Jacobson Vancouver Opera, soloists, cond. John DeMain, dir. Michael Cavanagh, scenic designer Erhard Rom, costume designer Parvin Mirhady, lighting designer Harry Frehner, projections designer Sean Nieuwenhuis, choreographer Wen Wei Wang, sound designer Andrew [...]]]> http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2010/03/21/adams-nixon-in-china/feed/ 0 The University of Arizona Mounts a Powerful ‘Crucible’ http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-university-of-arizona-mounts-a-powerful-crucible/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-university-of-arizona-mounts-a-powerful-crucible/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:56:44 +0000 Administrator http://livingattheopera.com/blog/?p=2474 Posted in Articles

L to R Robyn Rocklein as Elizabeth Proctor, Jennifer Beauregard as Abigale Williams and Seth Kershisnik as John Proctor in The Crucible. © The Opera Theater took a big risk this year as part of its series of presenting contemporary [...]]]> http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-university-of-arizona-mounts-a-powerful-crucible/feed/ 0 Gershwin, Porgy and Bess http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/06/27/gershwin-porgy-and-bess-2/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/06/27/gershwin-porgy-and-bess-2/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:01:15 +0000 Administrator http://livingattheopera.com/blog/?p=1569 Posted in Articles

From SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL OPERA REVIEW By: Harvey Steiman The current production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess concluding its run at San Francisco Opera revels in the scope and scale of grand opera, the oversized emotions and big gestures, [...]]]> http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2009/06/27/gershwin-porgy-and-bess-2/feed/ 0