The Opera Blog
14 Jan 2025
Performance
Joseph Bologne in Paris
In a program essay, author Lucy Caplan looks at the life of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
16 Apr 2024
Performance
Director's Note: Madame Butterfly
8 Apr 2024
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly: A Farewell Ritual
21 Sep 2022
Program Notes
Director's Note: Rossini's Otello
This work by Rossini is neither rhetorical nor epic — it seeks to denounce the...
21 Sep 2022
21 Apr 2022
Program Notes
Program Note: Re-Examining Rigoletto
12 Apr 2022
A Q&A with Lindy Hume about how she updated Verdi's tragedy for a new...
12 Sep 2019
Festival