Boston-Lyric-Opera
“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear “Mack the Knife,” the choreography will suggest scenes of slashing and murdering.”
For my taste, too much of the stage action during Friday’s performance was stiff and shopworn.
By opting to set Figaro as a straight comedy, Cucchi’s production glossed over the opera’s subversive edge.
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.
Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.
It’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.
With its Opera Annex productions – presenting unfamiliar operas in unconventional performance spaces – Boston Lyric Opera really seems to have found its niche.
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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