Review: TURANDOT at Belk Theater
Yes, a grand opera was inserted at Belk Theater as the clock or calendar was winding down! Around the world, Callas, Nilsson, and Sutherland are among the divas who have graced the powerhouse role of TURANDOT, and Franco Zeffirelli's production at the Met is as revered for its stateliness and splendor as the Notre Dame Cathedral. Grand? Monumental.
Review: ALCINA at McCaw Hall
What did our critic think of ALCINA It’s worth going to see for the glorious music and courageous, proficient singing
Review: Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo Turns Fairy Godmother as CRISPINO Returns to New York
The famed playwright and wit George S. Kaufman once said, “Satire is what closes on Saturday night.” One can only imagine what Kaufman--whose many credits include YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, as well as the source of Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, which is circling Broadway for a return this fall--would have had to say about satiric operas. CRISPINO E LA COMARE (CRISPINO AND THE FAIRY GODMOTHER), a lively and lightweight 1850 comic piece that was was happily rescued from obscurity this week by Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Makes Australian Debut at the Sydney Opera House in October
Sadler’s Wells has announced that the widely acclaimed dance theatre production Message In A Bottle by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, set to the music of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, makes its Australian debut with a tour to the Sydney Opera House on 25 - 29 October for a strictly limited run in the Joan Sutherland Theatre as part of the iconic venue’s 50th Birthday Festival.