Despite some solid casting Lyric's first take on the 5-Act French language Don Carlos (seen in its last iteration on November 25th) was ...

See my review of WNO's Elektra on Parterre here .

I'm afraid this Il Trovatore was a bit of a rocky start to Washington National Opera's 22/23 season, with the company assembling som...

Michael Spyres took a night off from his celebrated run in the Met's Idomeneo revival to open the Vocal Arts DC season in a compact prog...

The Met’s opening night production of Cherubini's "Medea" played to the house's strengths: putting great singers in comfor...

Wrote about Cantate Chamber Singers' March concert for WCR : Victoria Gau, now halfway through her first season as music director of ...

Quick thoughts on WNO's new Don Giovanni last night... I walked into this show erroneously assuming WNO was bringing back the very su...

Thoughts on the Brentano String Quartet for WCR : Wolf Trap presented the Brentano String Quartet Friday night, with a thoughtful take on...

Thoughts on WNO's 20 minute opera evening for WCR : The American Opera Initiative, Washington National Opera’s program devoted to dev...

Quick thoughts on Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Don Giovanni (the performance on Saturday November 30th) which impressed with overall high music...

I wrote about Washington Concert Opera's Hamlet for Parterre: Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet isn’t the rarity it once was, with a handful of...

My take on the NSO's premiere of Kevin Puts' "The Brightness of Light" with Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry on Washington Cl...

Some quick reactions on Tristan Act II last night at the Kennedy Center… There was much to enjoy in this exploratory outing for Goerke’s ...

Late 20th century nights at the Met feel like some kind of temporary truce between warring New York artistic factions. And so it was for th...

I reviewed Christian Gerhaher's all-Mahler recital for Washington Classical Review: Longtime collaborators baritone Christian Gerhahe...