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Opera Review: BLO’s “The Barber of Seville” — An Exhilarating Triumph

October 16, 2018
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Every performance of opera should leave an audience so exhilarated.

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Music Commentary: 2018-19 Boston Classical Music Fall Season Preview (Orchestras, Opera, and New Music, mainly)

September 24, 2018
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There’s so much going on in the area that’s good that it’s a challenge to go wrong.

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Concert Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s all-Bernstein Double-bill

May 20, 2018
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The BLO’s production was one of the troupe’s true staging triumphs of late, transforming the Steriti Ice Rink into a 1950s-style nightclub.

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Opera Review: BLO’s “Threepenny Opera” — Neither Fish Nor Fowl

March 22, 2018
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It would have been wonderful to have seen either a faithful version of Threepenny Opera in German or a boldly conceived contemporary version.

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Opera Preview: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Threepenny Opera” — A Reflection of Brutal Times

March 12, 2018
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“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear “Mack the Knife,” the choreography will suggest scenes of slashing and murdering.”

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Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Tosca”

October 16, 2017
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For my taste, too much of the stage action during Friday’s performance was stiff and shopworn.

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Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview

September 13, 2017
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Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

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Concert Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”

May 7, 2017
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By opting to set Figaro as a straight comedy, Cucchi’s production glossed over the opera’s subversive edge.

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Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Carmen”

September 28, 2016
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Bieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO’s I’ve seen recently.

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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015

December 17, 2015
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Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.

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