Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Maryland Lyric Opera's Falstaff Makes More With Less

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Verdi's final opera Falstaff is considered to be technically his best work, although it has never achieved the wide appeal of his earli...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Zambello Shines With WNO's New Elektra

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Not since Wagner's Ring in 2016 have we seen such a brilliant Washington National Opera production as Richard Strauss' Elektra on M...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

About Bernstein's Mass

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The revival of Bernstein's Mass at a venue where it saw its 1971 world premiere has been touted as a grand event by the Kennedy Center, ...
Monday, May 16, 2022

White Horse Can't Save WNO's Staid Carmen

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Carmen is a typical femme fatale : a woman who brings misfortune to the man who falls in love with her. She is also wild, untamable and some...
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Monday, March 14, 2022

Washington National Opera Returns to Stage With Mozart's Opera Buffa

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After a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, the Washington National Opera has returned to the stage. It was not a spectacular opening Sa...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Reading in the Time of Covid

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During last year's restrictions, I thought the best way to spend leisure time was reading. In the normal times I would have loved to hav...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Kentucky Unfried

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After a year and a half of short car trips only, it seems best to test  the waters of post-Covid air travel gradually. For me, a non-stop on...