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For my taste, too much of the stage action during Friday’s performance was stiff and shopworn.
Read MoreBy opting to set Figaro as a straight comedy, Cucchi’s production glossed over the opera’s subversive edge.
Read MoreBieito’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.
Read MoreTwo recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.
Read MoreIt’s fun to recall what’s been played locally since January and be reminded just how rich the greater Boston area’s classical music scene really is.
Read MoreWith its Opera Annex productions – presenting unfamiliar operas in unconventional performance spaces – Boston Lyric Opera really seems to have found its niche.
Read MoreThe Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of “Macbeth,” with sets designed by John Conklin, is based on elements of a New York City Opera production and plays up the macabre elements of the story, which are many.
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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015
Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.
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