Elizabeth – Opening night of Tales of Hoffmann at the Met started off a bit flat. Perhaps it was the overhang muffling the sound from our Met lottery seats (score!), but I wasn’t feeling the usual excitement from the stage or the audience. I saw Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance perform Tales of Hoffmann last year… [Read More]
Pineapples, Piñatas and Offenbach: NYCO’s La Périchole
Looking for a bit of a light opera to counterbalance the dark long Wagner Ring Cycle, we went to see the last performance of New York City Opera’s La Périchole. Elizabeth-I had high hopes for a light fun evening and was looking forward to “hurricane-force gales of laughter” as the New York Post experienced. … [Read More]
