by David Maurer | Sep 13, 2011 | Entertainment and Events, Theater and Dance |
Maybe somewhere out on the Tartar Steppe, there is a lonesome goatherd who has not yet heard of Cirque du Soleil, but virtually everywhere else this producer of theatrical extravaganzas is rapidly becoming a fixture of 21st-century world culture. Iris is the latest...
by David Maurer | Mar 13, 2011 | Classical Music and Opera |
For its final offering of the 2010/11 season. LA Opera presents “The Turn of the Screw,” a work that is puzzling and problematic on a number of levels. Let’s start with the puzzling: the opera is based on an 1898 ghost-story novella by Henry James...
by David Maurer | Feb 24, 2011 | Classical Music and Opera |
Another bubbly bel canto bon bon is playing at LA Opera right now in the form of Il Turco in Italia, a lesser-known Rossini opera that deserves wider renown. Those seeking fresh opera fare should note that this is the debut performance of this work by the company,...
by David Maurer | Sep 29, 2010 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
I once took a friend who had never seen an opera before to a performance of Lohengrin, which was presented in a fashionably minimalist way. With its epic length, long recitatives and not much to look at, the opera made a less than favorable impression on her. As far...
by David Maurer | Sep 25, 2010 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
LA Opera’s world premiere production of Il Postino offers up the latest iteration of a work that seems destined to become an enfant d’oré of the modern cultural lexicon. Based on the 1985 book Ardiente Paciencia by Chilean author Antonio Skármeta, it tells the...
