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culturevulture.net Karren L. Alenier	Satyagraha Beg, borrow, or steal to see this production of Phillip Glass's Satyagraha. This is historic and anyone who experiences this ENO/Met production will walk away with a completely new vision of opera.
culturevulture.net Nancy Wozny	Last Acts Frederica von Stade is reason enough to show up at Jake Heggie's tailor-made-for-her opera Last Acts, which recently premiered at Houston Grand Opera.
culturevulture.net Harvey O'Brien	The Marriage of Figaro This is a sprightly production of The Marriage of Figaro at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, directed by Marc Adam and re-staged by Pascale-Sabine Chevroton.
culturevulture.net Harvey O'Brien	Ariadne Auf Naxos Ariadne Auf Naxos is a thought-provoking production. It is not pleasurable in the strictest sense, though there are pleasures in its provocations. It represents a unique moment in Opera history, well worth appreciating.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	Madama Butterfly The production itself is user-friendly, streamlined, fast-moving and good looking to a fault. But the big news here is the tenor.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	The Rake's Progress The transfer to convey the Faustian morality tale to contemporary audiences not only works, it enriches it.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	Macbeth San Francisco Opera has lucked out this season.
culturevulture.net Harvey O'Brien	Turandot The current production of Turandot is a triumphant return for Opera Ireland to the refitted Gaiety Theatre, and the acoustics have never sounded better.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	La Rondine Two lovely ladies make a rare appearances on the San Francisco Opera stage in Giacomo Puccini's least known, rarely performed La Rondine (The Swallow).
culturevulture.net Karren L. Alenier	A View from the Bridge Based on Arthur's Miller's play by the same name, this is a compelling work that is enjoying its seventh production by Washington National Opera.
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