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• AVA’s L’italiana Sails Despite Evening’s Perfect Storm of Challenges

  

  Operatoonity.com review: L’italiana In Algeri presented by the Academy of Vocal Arts Composer: Gioachino Rossini; libretto: Angelo Anelli based on his earlier... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Fresh and Frothy ‘Barber’ Kicks off Opera Phila’s 40th Season

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Barber of Seville presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, September 28, 2014 The Academy of Music, Philadelphia,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Fresh and Frothy ‘Barber’ Kicks off Opera Phila’s 40th Season

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Barber of Seville presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, September 28, 2014 The Academy of Music, Philadelphia,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Butterfly’ Soars at Glimmerglass

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Madame Butterfly, presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 The Alice Busch Opera Theater,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Odd Duck ‘Ariadne’ is Oddly Satisfying at Glimmerglass

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Ariadne in Naxos presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Monday, July 28, 2014 Alice Busch Opera Theater; Cooperstown, NY... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Opera Phila’s ‘Coffin’ a Living Dream

  

  Operatoonity.com review: A Coffin in Egypt, an East Coast Premiere presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, June 8, 2014 The Perelman Theater,... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Jessye Norman’s ‘Stand Up Straight and Sing!’ {book Review}

  

  Operatoonity.com book review: Stand Up Straight and Sing! A memoir by Soprano Jessye Norman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) 316 pages with index 4. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Glimmerglass Festival Offers Greenery, Melody—magic

  

  The 2014 Glimmerglass Festival Season kicks off on July 11 with my favorite opera Madame ButterflyTucked into the rolling hills of Central New York State,... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• AVA’s Manon is Playful, Pretty, and Purposeful

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Manon presented by the Academy of Vocal Arts Live performance: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Centennial Hall, The Haverford School 4. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Why is Don Giovanni So Hard to Do Well?

  

  According to a list I found called 100 Greatest Operas, Don Giovanni is listed as #3. According to OperaBase tables, it is also the 10th most frequently... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Don G. in Philly Gets a “B”

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Don Giovanni presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: April 27, 2014 Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA  Elliot Madore as Don... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Getting in the Mood for Don G.

  

  Very excited to see Opera Philadelphia’s Don G. this afternoon at the Academy of Music.To get in the mood, I watched Opera Phila’s trailer:Then I decided to... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Most Popular Posts on Operatoonity…

  

  What posts have people come to Operatoonity.com to read most? Since Operatoonity.com just passed its four-year anniversary, I thought it was time to trot out... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• COT’s Double-bill is ‘good to Great’

  

  Opertoonity.com Review: “Two by Victor Herbert” Live Performance March 22, 2014 Presented by Concert Operetta Theater, Philadelphia, PA Composer Victor Herbert... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Tenor James Valenti Returns to Met Opera Stage in April

  

  American tenor James Valenti will sing the role of Pinkerton in Met Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ | photo by Dario AcostaWhen Operatoonity. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Voices Carry Phila’s ‘Carmelites’

  

  Opertoonity.com Review: Dialogues of the Carmelites Live Performance March 9, 2014 Presented by Curtis Opera Theatre, in association with Opera Philadelphia... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Concert Operetta Theater Presents 100th Anniversary of Victor Herbert Opera

  

  Concert Operetta Theater (COT) of Philadelphia launches its twelfth season this weekend with Two by Victor Herbert, a pair of rarely heard operatic pieces,... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Mystery to Delight Opera Lovers

  

  Interrupted Aria, A Tito Amato MysteryI have a book to recommend to all you opera lovers who also happen to be readers of fiction. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sunday Best with Stephanie Blythe: America’s Mezzo Meets Operatoonity

  

  Stephanie Blythe’s records a new album of the American songbook, ‘As Long As There Are Songs’If the United States had an order of chivalry like our friends... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• God, I Love ‘Tosca’! Reason One: the Arias

  

  Even the libretto cover is lovely, no?Editor’s note: This post marks the first of a Tosca week celebration on Operatoonity.com, in homage to the 114th... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA