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• Seattle Opera Offers Free Tickets to Federal Workers

  

  Verdi’s Il trovatore is full of romance, rivalry, revenge, and swashbuckling swordplay. On stage now thru 26 at McCaw Hall. | © Shane WelchSeattle Opera gets th... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2019 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Death’ Becomes the Penn Square Music Festival

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Death by Puccini, presented by the Penn Square Music Festival Live performance: Sunday, November 4, 3:00 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Catching up with Go-to Opera Guy Nathan Granner…

  

  Lyric tenor Nathan Granner, looking very Rodolfo-esque, whose gifts in the classical and performance arts are, well, limitless. But don’t take my word for it,... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Richard Tucker Gala 2018: Soiree of the Season

  

  Event: 2018 Richard Tucker Gala Date: October 21, 6 p.m. Venues: Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall and VIP Reception at the Plaza HotelThe Stern Auditorium of... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• “Sky on Swings” Soars @OperaPhila

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Sky on Swings, a world premiere, presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Saturday, September 29, 1:30 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• @OperaPhila’s Delectable, Delirious “Lucia” a Killer of a Show

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Lucia di Lammermoor presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, September 23, 2:30 p.m. The Academy of Music,... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Q&A with Author David Tucker, an Opera Star’s Son

  

  Keepsakes from opera reviewingAs a seasoned opera reviewer, I regularly receive notices from companies to promote their upcoming seasons and/or selected... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• @GOpera’s Sudsy ‘Barber’ is Molto Boffo!

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Barber of Seville presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Monday, July 23, 1:30 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Futility of War Projected in @GOpera’s ‘Silent Night’

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Silent Night presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Sunday, July 22, 1:30 p.m. Alice Busch Opera Theater, Cooperstown, Ne... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Memoir by Opera Legend Richard Tucker’s Son a Five-star Read

  

  Operatoonity.com book review: The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine, and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend) Published: 2018 ISBN: 978-1-5434-4558-9... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Glimmerglass Festival Puts the WOW in New ‘West Side Story’

  

  Operatoonity.com review: West Side Story presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Saturday, July 21, 8:00 p.m. The Alice Busch Opera Theater,... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• @GOpera’s ‘Vixen’ a Menagerie of Movement, Sound & Talent

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Cunning Little Vixen presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Saturday, July 21, 1:30 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• New Memoir from Opera Legend Richard Tucker’s Middle Son

  

  The Hard Bargain, a new memoir by David Tucker and Burton SpivakThe middle son of legendary opera singer Richard Tucker, one of the finest natural tenors of... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• @OperaPhila’s ‘Carmen’ a Humdinger

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Carmen presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, May 6, 2:30 p.m. The Academy of Music, Philadelphia Music: Georges... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Librettist Reflects on New Monodrama Premiering at #NYoperafest

  

  Operatoonity.com interview: Backwards from Winter presented by The Center for Contemporary Opera World Premiere: May 25, 2018 Symphony Space, Thalia Theater, Ne... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Some Opera-inspired Fiction for You…

  

  Since I review live opera performance and have critiqued more than 60 operas in six years, I often wonder what goes on in the heads of fellow operagoers while... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• @OperaPhila’s ‘Skin’ a Cold Chiller

  

  Operatoonity.com review: Written on Skin presented by Opera Philadelphia Live performance: Sunday, February 11, 2:30 p.m. The Academy of Music, Philadelphia... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2018 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Golden Operatoonity!

  

  Do you know the story about Operatoonity.com?This past weekend, I had a unique opportunity to tell it at the Pennsylvania Writers Conference. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Voices in ‘Siege’ Set Glimmerglass Stage Spinning

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Siege of Calais presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Monday, July 24, 1:30 p.m. Alice Busch Opera Theater,... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Porgy and Bess’ Rises up Singing at Glimmerglass

  

  Operatoonity.com review: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess presented by Glimmerglass Festival Live performance: Saturday, July 22, 1:30 p.m. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2017 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA