Francis Poulenc’s “Midnight In Paris” (“La Voix Humaine”) In Beijing
Belgium’s new opera company Muziektheater Transparant is invited by the 2017 Beijing Music...
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Theatre and Opera
A Convincing “Tosca” at Boston Lyric Opera
Riding the line between political thriller and melodrama, Joseph Kerman described Puccini’s Tosca...
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Vietnam Is A Lullaby Of Dissolution In “My Lai” at BAM
It’s breathtaking, attending the 2017 BAM Next Wave Festival. Few opera houses have the majestic...
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The Role Of The Dramaturg In The Creation Of New Opera Works
The successful development of new work for the opera stage is a complex and often elusive process....
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Chinese Opera Festival: Showcasing Troupes from Across China
Why We Recommend It A series of operas hailing from across China will showcase the diversity and...
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How to Re-Learn Ways of Seeing, Listening, Reading, and (Story)Telling: “Flee by Night” by Danny Yung
I had long heard of Director [Danny] Yung’s trilogy The Outcast General, Tears of Barren Hill, and...
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“Shout Sister Shout!” at The Pasadena Playhouse
First founded in 1917 as the Pasadena Community Playhouse by Gilmor Brown, who began his career as a producer in a renovated burlesque theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse was named the official state theatre of California in 1937 after Brown and his company successfully produced the entire Shakespeare canon on a single stage (a unique feat […]
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“Heisenberg” at the Mark Taper Forum Brings Uncertainty to New Heights
As Los Angeles’ leading non-profit theatre company, The Centre Theatre Group is known for hosting...
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Prelude to Performance Performs “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi”
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi are the second and third operas of the Il trittico, a trilogy of...
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Part 2: Part Fantasy, Part Declaration of Sovereignty: A Review of the Canadian Opera Company’s Production of “Louis Riel”
Click here to read Part I Riel’s real purpose in the opera is not to stand up for his people as...
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“Octavia. Trepanation” – New Opera About Russian Revolution
The world premiere of Octavia. Trepanation was highly anticipated by the Dutch audience at Holland...
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Part 1: Part Fantasy, Part Declaration of Sovereignty: A Review of the Canadian Opera Company’s Production of “Louis Riel”
Taking my seat at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, to watch the 2017 debut of the...
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Law Wing-fai’s Atmospheric Music Theatre, “Beyond the Senses,” Staged in London
Readers who are familiar with Hong Kong’s New Wave cinema would not be strangers to Hong Kong...
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Should Chinese Opera Westernize to Find Global Audience?
Popularizing the country’s musical tradition means combining mainstream appeal with traditional...
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Traditional Chinese Opera Plots to Charm Politicians
Modern-day opera about poverty alleviation attracts the attention — and wallets — of government...
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“Dream of the Red Chamber” at the 2017 Hong Kong Arts Festival
Princess Jia’s request for poetry upon her visit to the Red Chamber is met by the impetuous Bao...
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“I, Wu Song”: A One-Man Cantonese Opera – Without Songs or Words
Anyone familiar with Chinese opera would recognise the role Kelvin Ng Kwok-wa is playing next....
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“Interrupted” at The 14th Factory – Immersive Multimedia Performance
Simply put, anyone who attended The 14th Factory’s afternoon of Interrupted on May 14th, an...
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The Fate of Women in “La Femme Bohème”
While most scholars addressing issues of feminism in opera focus on the fate of women in opera...
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A Contemporary Carmen: Bold and Ambitious
Choreographer Ricky Hu Songwei boards a bus in Shenzhen bound for Hong Kong every day. During that...
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