Guest Critic: Arthur Kaptainis Il Barbiere di Siviglia, or The Barber of Seville, is given around the world, and often, simply
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Don Giovanni was given its premiere in 1787 in the Estates Theatre in Prague, a jewel-like house that in its
Opera’s reputation for blood and thunder is not undeserved. Through much of the 20th century, only a handful of Italian
By most reckonings the most lavishly scored purely instrumental work in the standard repertoire, Richard Strauss’ “An Alpine Symphony”
No, not my first Mikado. But the Chautauqua Opera Company version that opened Friday night in Norton Hall was