Opera

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culturevulture.net Harvey O'Brien	Mazeppa The vocal performances by the leading cast are also generally good, but, as befits such a cluttered piece, some of the dramatic acting is hard to connect with.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	Tales of Hoffman "Tales of Hoffman" has just about everything you could want in an opera.
culturevulture.net Nancy Wozny	Chorus! Why should musicals own the review format? Anthony Freud at Houston Grand Opera has come up with a way for opera to get in on the fun.
culturevulture.net Nancy Wozny	A Midsummer Night's Dream Combining Shakespeare and opera comes with a set of dilemmas, but Benjamin Britten managed to frame his Midsummer in a way that does the least harm to this famous play, even adding a line to make it all work.
culturevulture.net Lewis Whittington	La Fiamma This is the first Respighi opera AVA musical director Christofer Macatsoris has mounted and if there were any technical flaws it hardly mattered.
Reason January 2009 Tim Cavanaugh	The End Is Near Why does the land of plenty love dystopias? The late Frank Zappa's rock opera Joe's Garage now rises to that rare stratosphere of works applauded for their prescience when the future itself arrives.
culturevulture.net John Sullivan	Three Decembers This inoffensive (if somewhat far-fetched) chamber opera in two acts, by Jake Heggie, explores the delusion that keeps a family together and, more interestingly, apart.
culturevulture.net Suzanne Weiss	La Boheme This production of Puccini's classic opera is notable for a couple of reasons. For one, it marks the return of famed soprano Angela Gheorghiu after her stunning San Francisco debut in "La Rondine" last season.
culturevulture.net John Sullivan	La Damnation de Faust It's hard to fathom how such a discrepancy between musical meaning and scenic representation could have occurred; nevertheless, Lepage's vision upstages the music at nearly every juncture.
culturevulture.net Nancy Wozny	Beatrice and Benedict Making his debut at the Houston Grand Opera, Robin Tebbutt directed the proceedings with a lively hand keeping the pace perky and light.
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