Elizabeth – Jeremy Sams’ Enchanted Island is a pastiche opera, taking storylines from two Shakerspeare plays, mixing them, along with various baroque music to form one new storyline and opera. I thought it was a fun new take on opera, but apparently this is actually a throwback to the early days of opera. Apparently back in… [Read More]
Long Night’s Journey Into Gay: Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – This English production of Die Fledermaus was my first Fledermaus ever, and it felt more like a play than an opera. I understand Douglas Carter Beane, a playwright, was hired to do the dialogue and so that may explain why what could have been a fun little romp turned into a three and a… [Read More]
