The Opera Blog
8 Apr 2024
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly: A Farewell Ritual
Production designer Yuki Izumihara on the "beautiful trap" of Puccini's opera.
15 Sep 2023
30 Aug 2023
26 Apr 2023
Essay
La bohème Program Note
La bohème is the most frequently performed work at Opera Philadelphia and many...
15 Mar 2023
Performance
Director's Note: La bohème
30 Jan 2023
21 Sep 2022
Program Notes
Director's Note: Rossini's Otello
This work by Rossini is neither rhetorical nor epic — it seeks to denounce the...
21 Sep 2022
21 Apr 2022
Program Notes
Program Note: Re-Examining Rigoletto
6 Jan 2022
Performance
Oedipus Rex, Fate, and the Chorus
Oedipus Rex does not build its sense of drama through surprise, but rather...