For the past four years, I have published my thoughts on the performance of grand opera, usually as reviews of live performances that I have attended, mostly in the American West (defined here as a line from mid-Pennsylvania to the Pacific Ocean), but I also include reviews from such non-American West outposts as France and [...]
Entries from January 2010
Opera in Live Performance: Thoughts and Assessments at the End of 2009, Part One
January 14th, 2010
Tags: 2005-2012: William's Commentaries
In Quest of Britten – A 2010 Itinerary
January 4th, 2010
In midyear 2008, I highlighted the operatic works of Benjamin Britten in a “Quests and Anticipations” feature, entitled In Quest of Britten – A 2008-09 Itinerary. During that period, I reviewed performances of Britten works at the Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Hamburg Staatsoper and my colleague Tom reviewed another at the San [...]
Tags: Quests and Anticipations