Jason Ferrante: Borsa

The deformed court jester Rigoletto is famous for mocking the husbands of the women the Duke has seduced. When Rigoletto’s own daughter, whom he has kept carefully hidden, falls victim, he vows to have revenge. But repaying evil with evil goes horribly wrong, and Rigoletto learns that he has reaped … read more

Corey Crider: Escamillo

Good boy meets bad girl…things happen.  Bizet’s Carmen is one of the world’s top three most beloved operas of all time.  The sultry gypsy Carmen pulls in men like a magnet, but her beliefs about free love cast them off just as quickly.  When her attention turns to the famous bullfighter Escamillo, … read more

Review: Piper’s powerful performance…

Angry and despondent, Piper’s Canio launches into one of opera’s most venerated arias “Vesti la giubba” (“Put on the make-up”), the “tears of a clown” classic that influenced a barrage of sad sacks in face paint for years to come. Piper’s powerful performance of the soaring anthem erases every memory … read more

Tyler Simpson: Quartet

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempestread more

Review: Mo. Mechavich triumphs in Moby Dick with Calgary Opera

 

The orchestra, crisply led by Joseph Mechavich, provides all the sounds of the sea, idiomatically rendering the often movie-like sound-scape into sound. This element is so pronounced that one wonders if the score is conceived as much as a cinematic sound-scape as a conventional operatic score.

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Jamie-Rose Guarrine: Maria Celeste

He discovered the earth revolved around the sun and dared to defend the truth, only to suffer the persecution of the church and his peers in turn. Madison Opera celebrates the 75th birthday of iconic American composer Philip Glass with a new production of one of his most acclaimed recent … read more

Corinne Winters: Lisette

Written when Puccini was unquestionably the most popular opera composer in the world, La rondine is finally gaining the popularity it deserves, with new productions frequenting the world’s premier opera houses and finest sopranos coveting the leading role of Magda. Its combination of romantic melodies and 20th century musical styles … read more

Scott Piper: Turiddu/Canio

Cavalleria Rusticana is a one act verismo opera based in Sicily. It is a tale of a soldier who returns from war to find that he has lost his fiancée to another man. In his torment, he ruins the reputation of a young woman and then seduces his former fiancée, … read more

Robert Tweten

The action follows Rigoletto, a duke’s jester, whose insensitive mocking of another man’s anger earns him a curse and an eventual loss of horrific proportions. Rigoletto is both contributor and victim to the opera’s proceedings and, in the end, suffers most as a result of the complications that come from … read more

Guido Lebron

The action follows Rigoletto, a duke’s jester, whose insensitive mocking of another man’s anger earns him a curse and an eventual loss of horrific proportions. Rigoletto is both contributor and victim to the opera’s proceedings and, in the end, suffers most as a result of the complications that come from … read more