Verdi’s “Don Carlo” was recently performed at the Music Center at Strathmore by the Maryland Lyric Opera. While based largely on the history play by Friedrich Schiller, the production migh... Read more
The story of Turandot has appeared in a surprising number of works, including an eighteenth-century play by Carlo Gozzi, a romantic drama by Friedrich Schiller, and even a modernist offering... Read more
The Opera Philadelphia Channel, created during the Coronavirus pandemic to stream productions for an opera audience deprived of live productions at the Opera House, has produced a highly acc... Read more
“Momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream…” This quote by Shakespeare’s character Lysander perfectly describes the INSeries production of Henry Purcell’s “A Fairy Qu... Read more
Theatre-goers surely miss attending musicals, plays, and operas in person during the pandemic. While theaters remain closed, the Philadelphia Opera has launched its 2020-2021 season via stre... Read more
“Peanuts,” the classic comic strip featuring “good ol’ Charlie Brown,” spawned a 1967 musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” with book, music, and lyrics by Clark Gesner. Thi... Read more
A rainy night in Fairfax was just the right night for Clue, a game played on a board with dice, pieces, and facsimiles of murder instruments – a murder in a drawing room mystery. The Fairf... Read more
“Degas at the Opéra,” an excellent exhibition of Impressionist art with a theatre theme, is currently at the National Gallery of Art. We were fortunate to have had a look at this exhibitio... Read more
At a time when theaters are closed, Blackfriars Playhouse of the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia is streaming productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Currently “Much Ado Abou... Read more
The anti-hero has a long literary lineage. In the ancient Greek epic tradition of Homer’s “Iliad,” the warrior Achilles is plainly viewed as a flawed character — a character urge... Read more
