Category: English opera

The University of Arizona Opera Theater’s The Rape of Lucretia Is Layered With Lyric Intensity. »

Sometimes an opera will reveal its artistic nature in a way the listener had not expected. That is what happened at the Opera Theater’s April 3rd performance of Benjamin Britten’s Rape of Lucretia. Composed after the success of his thoroughly orchestrated Peter Grimes, Britten chose to make his Lucretia a two-act chamber opera, with 13 [...]

Handel, Ariodante: Soloists, San Francisco Opera Orchestra »

By Harvey Steiman Reprinted with permission from Seen and Heard – Music Web’s Live Opera, Concert and Recital Reviews. Conductor: Patrick Summers. War Memorial Opera Houses, San Francisco, 21.6.2008 (HS) Cast: Ariodante—Susan Graham Ginevra—Ruth Ann Swenson Polinesso—Sonia Prina Dalinda—Veronica Cangemi Lurcanio—Richard Croft Odoardo—Andrew Bidlack The King of Scotland—Eric Owens Polinesso’s Squire—Anders Froehlich Production: Conductor—Patrick Summers [...]

Handel Rides Into Cowboy Land »

George Frederic Handel, February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759 If Artistic Director Joel Revzen’s intention in 2006 is to give his Arizona Opera Company an operatic face-lift and move it into the national spotlight, he has succeeded handsomely. This was the first time the opera company delved into the world of Baroque Opera and [...]

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    The articles on Rigoletto, L'Elisir d'amore, Khovanshchina, Macbeth, Boris Godunov, La Forza del destino and Wagner's Ring Cycle were first published in Transactions of the Association of Russian-American Scholars in the USA, Vol 33, 2004.

    The articles Primitive Russia Stakes Its Claim on Wagner's Ring, The Mariinsky Invasion and The Mariinsky's Boris Godunov Hits Its Mark were published in Transactions of the Association of Russian-American Scholars in the USA, Vol 34, 2006-2007.

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