The Opera Blog
15 Sep 2023
Tragic events in Verdi’s life may help explain his emotional connection to Simon Boccanegra and to the recurring pater-filia theme in his operas.
30 Aug 2023
26 Apr 2023
Essay
La bohème Program Note
15 Mar 2023
Performance
Director's Note: La bohème
“How do you begin telling the story of a great love when you know it ended in...
30 Jan 2023
21 Sep 2022
Program Notes
Director's Note: Rossini's Otello
21 Sep 2022
How does Othello resonate with us now?
21 Apr 2022
Program Notes
Program Note: Re-Examining Rigoletto
6 Jan 2022
Performance
Oedipus Rex, Fate, and the Chorus
6 Jan 2022
Performance
George Walker & Lilacs
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker's Lilacs, a meditation on grief...