After a New York City opera Season of big breasted bankruptcies, last second cast changes, Super Bowl singing mermaids, unexpected career making performances and all things colorful and gay here is a recap of our favorites and not so favorites from the 2013-14 season. Elizabeth- This past season there were many terrific opera performances, but two… [Read More]
Sorta, Quasi, Pseudo, Meta-Theatre and Cartwheeling Sopranos: La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – The Met’s revival of Bellini’s La Sonnambula has great choreography, brilliant singers and neat scenery, but the staging and some of Mary Zimmerman’s production didn’t make sense to me. The problem started with the italicized note before the synopsis in the program. We are told that the Met’s production is set in a contemporary… [Read More]
