| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2012 War Memorial Opera House | An English Magic Flute at San Francisco Opera |
 In keeping with its summer season of novelties, San Francisco Opera have produced a new English-language production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Advertisements for the production showed baritone Nathan Gunn in a green, full-body leotard as a sort of frogman of a Papageno, leaping in the air and wearing a manic expression. This image on posters and direct mailing salvos implied a Romper Room-styled Magic Flute was coming to town: bring the kids for some good-ol' family fun.Read full review... | |
| 29-Apr-2011 Citi Performing Arts Center, Shubert Theater | Britten and the Bard at Boston Lyric Opera |
 From the opening glissandos of Britten's opera, we know this is not Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Where the Mendelssohn / Balanchine ballet is romantic, dreamy and reminiscent of an illustrated fairytale, Britten's opera borders on the nightmarish and eerie. Boston Lyric Opera's production highlights the disorienting, ominous and chilling aspects, leading us (quite willingly) ever deeper into the woods. While we are rewarded with a comical, operatic send-up at the end, we can't help but hope that the fairies of Athens are not inclined to visit our own gardens.Read full review... | |
