Theatre & Opera Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Some ‘Habaneras’ Celebrating Bizet’s Birthday

  

  Today in Paris, France, composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838. Though he had no great body of operas to contribute to the repertoire, not like Verdi, he... Read more

  The 25 October 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Royal Shakespeare Company’s Edgy Marat/Sade Production is Met by Angry Walkouts

  

  The Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) staging of Marat/Sade has shocked and appalled some theatregoears. Are they making too much of a fuss? Read more

  The 24 October 2011 by   Periscope
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• Concert Review: A Celebration of Birth and Death

  

  Lang Lang celebrates Liszt's 200th at the Kimmel Center. This didn't actually happen at the concert, but it's what Liszt sounds like. Pianist Lang Lang.... Read more

  The 23 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Review: East of Berlin / The Russian Play (Signal Ensemble)

  

  Hannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright whose scripts have souls, judging from Signal Ensemble Theatre’s worthy Chicago premiere. Director Ronan Marra’s... Read more

  The 20 October 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Review: Mary Poppins (Broadway in Chicago)

  

  Disney’s aggressively buoyant movie musicalization soars into Chicago with Cameron Mackintosh’s all-singing, all-dancing tribute to P.J. Travers’... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• That Fraggin' Dragon

  

  Harry Potter star joins cast of Siegfried. The new star of Siegfried. He sings with a pleasing bass voice.Image from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire © 200... Read more

  The 16 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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• The Giovanni Shuffle

  

  Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien ready to tackle Mozart opera. Back to work: Mariusz Kwiecien as Don Giovanni. Photo by Nick Heavican © 2011 The Metropolitan... Read more

  The 16 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Verdi Zings a ‘Great Critic’

  

  Verdi lore has it that A Great Critic visited Verdi as he was finishing Il Trovatore. (We all know and LOVE the Great Critics.) Verdi played him the Anvil... Read more

  The 12 October 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Celebrating Favorite Verdi Arias on His Birthday

  

  When a composer like Giuseppe Verdi has numerous operas still performed in the repertoire, favorite arias pile up–even more so than favorite Verdi operas–becaus... Read more

  The 11 October 2011 by   Galegirl
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• Concert Review: Sunday Mass at Severance Hall

  

  The Cleveland Orchestra plays Mozart and Strauss The men and women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus get ready tohit the road.(This doesn't have much to do... Read more

  The 10 October 2011 by   Superconductor
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