Archive
2012
2011
- 12/30 - Boston Symphony broadcasts to be aired on Classical New England network
- 12/23 - Opera Boston turns out the lights
- 12/17 - The Met’s dark, disenchanted “Hansel and Gretel” offers a Freudian nightmare for all ages
- 12/16 - Chicago Symphony, Salonen close year with new violin concerto, powerful Mahler
- 12/14 - In a tough economy, Palm Beach Opera opens its 50th season with confidence
- 12/13 - Fine vocalism and goofy charm make for an enjoyable “La Fille” at the Met
- 12/10 - Spellbinding soprano proves shattering in Met’s “Butterfly”
- 12/10 - Lyric Opera appoints Renée Fleming’s press rep as director of public relations
- 12/8 - Cabell and two outstanding Chicago debuts spark an irresistible “Magic Flute” at Lyric Opera
- 12/7 - Emerson Quartet provides compelling advocacy for new Adès work
- 12/7 - Long Beach Opera’s Andreas Mitisek tapped to succeed Brian Dickie at Chicago Opera Theater
- 11/30 - A superb cast wins out over confused staging in Met’s “Faust”
- 11/29 - Bostridge and Adès deliver a spell-binding bardic evening at Carnegie Hall
- 11/23 - New York Philharmonic’s Alessi gives brilliant advocacy to trombone concerto with Frost Wind Ensemble
- 11/21 - Lyric Opera’s winning production and worthy cast make for a mostly delightful “Ariadne”
- 11/19 - The Met’s “Boheme” serves up a nearly perfect take on a perfect opera
- 11/17 - Like Occupy Wall Street, Maxwell Davies’ new “protest” opera proves more noisy than effective
- 11/15 - A terrific Met cast shines in the glorious tangle of Handel’s “Rodelinda”
- 11/14 - Shifrin, Orion Quartet provide sterling advocacy for Neikrug work in Boston premiere
- 11/10 - Gheorghiu, ageless and in charge with Opera Orchestra of New York’s “Adriana”
- 11/9 - Czar power: A riveting Furlanetto leads a superb cast in Lyric Opera’s “Boris”
- 11/6 - A double shot of Glass at Lincoln Center with a belated NY Philharmonic debut
- 11/1 - Budapest Festival Orchestra makes a worthy showing in lightish program
- 10/30 - Handel and Haydn Society soars in Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater”
- 10/28 - Two luminous leads conquer the machine in Met’s “Siegfried”
- 10/28 - Haitink, Chicago Symphony scale Haydn’s “Creation” with insight and aplomb
- 10/24 - Hilary Hahn brings sterling advocacy and personal charm to music old and new
- 10/23 - Opera Boston serves up a breezy and delightful “Beatrice et Benedict”
- 10/21 - Hilary Hahn to focus on small things with encores project
- 10/20 - Seraphic Fire launches tenth season, victorious in Victoria
- 10/19 - MusicNOW offers a bravura plugged-in season opener
- 10/18 - Berlioz’s rarely heard Shakespearean comedy to open Opera Boston season
- 10/17 - Ehnes, St. Louis Symphony present U.S. debut of Manoury concerto
- 10/17 - Seraphic Fire, Miami’s feted chamber choir, set to launch 10th season
- 10/16 - English Concert kicks off the UC Presents series with style and intimacy
- 10/14 - Two superb Dons and striking visuals make up for lack of dramatic focus in Met’s new “Don Giovanni”
- 10/14 - Finnish conductor makes sensational debut with Chicago Symphony
- 10/14 - Yo-Yo Ma and Dvorak prove a memorable match once again with the Boston Symphony
- 10/13 - With Emma Kirkby, Baroque Band launches fifth season in delightful fashion
- 10/12 - Bland heroine makes for a lackluster “Lucia” at Lyric Opera
- 10/7 - Muti and the CSO mark Mahler’s passing with retro Italian program
- 10/6 - ICE opens with a bracing blast from the modernist past
- 10/4 - A neglected Glass opera grows in Brooklyn with “In the Penal Colony”
- 10/2 - Inspired cast sparks a worthy “Hoffmann” to launch the Lyric Opera of Chicago season
- 10/2 - A new Count and Rosina highlight Met’s “Barber” revival
- 10/1 - Mutter, down-sized Boston Symphony open season in a reflective mood with Mozart
- 9/30 - Boston Symphony launches a transitional season with an eye toward future podium potential
- 9/29 - Polenzani ready for the challenge of “Hoffmann” at the Lyric Opera
- 9/28 - Worthy vocal moments in Met’s “Nabucco” undone by flat drama
- 9/27 - Netrebko opens Met season with compelling star turn in “Anna Bolena”
- 9/23 - William Mason looks back on five decades at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
- 9/23 - Muti, Chicago Symphony kick off season at South Side church
- 9/17 - Steinway debuts interactive iPad app for learning piano and buying music
- 9/12 - “Heart of a Soldier” a flawed yet moving and powerful portrait of one 9/11 hero
- 9/12 - Fulcrum Point marks September 11 with a diverse meditation on loss
- 9/10 - Theorin sparks a worthy “Turandot” to open San Francisco Opera’s season
- 9/10 - “More or Less I Am,” a moving synthesis of music and Whitman’s poetry to mark 9/11
- 9/7 - Salvatore Licitra dies after accident
- 9/2 - “Heart of a Soldier” creators hope the new opera’s personal story will transcend the 9/11 particulars at San Francisco Opera
- 9/2 - Plucky Opera Omnia gives Cavalli’s “Giasone” lively and irreverent advocacy
- 8/30 - Bailey brings a robust yet light-footed approach to Bach
- 8/15 - Boston Classical Review to debut in September
- 8/15 - Takács Quartet delivers sterling performances at Ravinia
- 8/13 - Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus give stirring advocacy to uneven Schmidt oratorio
- 8/13 - Philharmonia Baroque’s “Orlando” makes for an evening of Handelian delights at Ravinia
- 8/10 - The 5 Browns unveil new Muhly work at Ravinia
- 8/7 - Santa Fe Opera’s revival of Menotti comedy is savagely delightful
- 8/5 - Vivaldi’s music and inspired cast trump bewildering plot in Santa Fe Opera’s “Griselda”
- 8/4 - Fink a tour de force in Santa Fe’s riveting “Wozzeck”
- 8/3 - Gleaming vocalism from two leads makes for a powerful “Boheme” in Santa Fe
- 8/2 - Stylish production lifts a variable cast in Santa Fe Opera’s “Faust”
- 7/31 - Terfel’s gripping Scarpia ignites an outstanding “Tosca” at Ravinia
- 7/30 - Sibelius’s “Kullervo” given a rousing performance by Lintu, Grant Park Orchestra
- 7/15 - Dohnanyi and Ax team up for compelling evening of Brahms at Ravinia
- 7/10 - Dutoit, Boston Symphony serve up a memorable Berlioz Requiem at Tanglewood
- 7/10 - Deborah Voigt revisits Strauss and Wagner roles at Ravinia with mixed success
- 7/9 - Tanglewood opener makes a superb showcase for young singers
- 7/8 - Lang Lang the star at Chicago Symphony’s Ravinia opener but Eschenbach’s Berlioz strikes the most sparsk
- 7/8 - Loretta Dranoff dies, founder of two-piano festival
- 7/7 - Emerson Quartet brings luminous drama to three final works at Ravinia
- 7/4 - W(h)ither American opera?
- 7/2 - Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra shine in Mahler’s “Das Lied”
- 6/30 - Grant Park Chorus serves up illuminating program of American music
- 6/27 - Stemme soars in Zambello’s inane, politically correct “Götterdämmerung”
- 6/26 - A probing and insightful “Pelleas” in St. Louis
- 6/25 - San Francisco “Siegfried” undermined by light-voiced hero and heavy-handed direction
- 6/24 - San Francisco Symphony wraps season with a dramatic “Missa Solemnis”
- 6/24 - Compelling “Klinghoffer” and amusing Donizetti in St. Louis
- 6/24 - Chicago Symphony adds Russian dates to European tour
- 6/23 - Intimate human emotions triumph in San Francisco Opera’s “Die Walküre”
- 6/22 - Inspired cast and magnificent conducting lift a mixed “Rheingold” at San Francisco Opera
- 6/22 - Philadelphia Orchestra raises $11 million to climb out of financial crisis
- 6/13 - “Niobe” launches Boston Early Music Festival in colorful, richly melodic style
- 6/12 - Kalmar and Bell prove a dynamic working duo at the Grant Park Music Festival
- 6/6 - ICE provides primo advocacy to an array of fascinating new music
- 6/3 - Currier concerto given sterling premiere by Mutter and New York Philharmonic
- 6/3 - Haitink, Chicago Symphony close season with a memorable Mahler Ninth
- 6/2 - MacMillan choral premiere to take place in Chicago
- 5/27 - Haitink leads the Chicago Symphony in fiery and dramatic Brahms
- 5/15 - Florentine Opera downsizes gracefully for English Baroque double-bill
- 5/13 - A rousing premiere, Yo-Yo Ma and an Italian musical postcard (mailed from Germany) close Muti’s first CSO season
- 5/12 - Boston Symphony Orchestra to offer an array of artists and repertoire in first post-Levine season
- 5/8 - Strauss’s “Ariadne” closes Met season in sturdy fashion
- 4/30 - Morris’s exuberant “Orfeo” reigns again at the Met
- 4/29 - Stage against the Machine: Strong cast triumphs over problematic set in Met’s “Walküre”
- 4/25 - Chicago Opera Theater’s fine cast, stylish staging make a worthy case for “Médée”
- 4/23 - Schwartz’s “Seance” proves an unconvincing mix of melody and kitsch
- 4/21 - Houston Grand Opera’s Freud to take top job at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
- 4/20 - Zhou Long wins Pulitzer Prize for opera
- 4/18 - Chicago Symphony closes Carnegie stand with somber and blazing Shostakovich
- 4/17 - With superb assist by Depardieu, Muti and CSO bring “Lélio” back to life
- 4/16 - Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, take Manhattan with “Otello”
- 4/16 - The Philadelphia Orchestra files for bankruptcy
- 4/14 - French National Orchestra has mixed showing in Chicago
- 4/13 - For composer David DiChiera, his “Cyrano” is a romantic dream come true
- 4/10 - Levine’s orchestral mastery proves most eloquent in Met’s “Wozzeck”
- 4/8 - Muti returns to Chicago Symphony, victorious in Verdi’s “Otello”
- 4/7 - After five years, the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency remains both prized and controversial
- 4/4 - Chicago Opera Theater’s “Death and the Powers” proves a dazzling, thought-provoking multimedia experience
- 4/1 - St. Petersburg Philharmonic shows brawny strength and refinement
- 3/31 - En route with a package, John Adams reflects on the Met, film noir and young musicians
- 3/29 - With Fleming at the center, Met’s “Capriccio” proves special indeed
- 3/29 - Machover’s “robot opera” to open Chicago Opera Theater season
- 3/27 - Three inspired sopranos undone by madness and pretentious staging in City Opera’s “Monodramas”
- 3/25 - The Met serves up a sexy, inspired cast in delightfully theatrical “Le Comte Ory”
- 3/23 - Appealing young cast proves captivating in City Opera’s “Elisir”
- 3/20 - Bach Collegium Japan at their finest in joyous moments of Mass in B minor
- 3/20 - Bach Collegium Japan to bring Mass in B minor to Carnegie Hall
- 3/11 - Sarasota Opera soars with Verdi’s underrated “I Lombardi”
- 3/9 - Sarasota Opera launches American series with a compelling “Crucible”
- 3/8 - ICE gets to the heart of Davidovsky’s electronic and acoustic music
- 3/6 - A mighty cast makes up for directorial lapses in Lyric Opera’s American military take on “Hercules”
- 3/4 - Seattle Opera serves up an energetic and deeply affecting “Don Quichotte”
- 3/2 - Levine to step down as Boston Symphony music director
- 3/2 - MacMillan’s absorbing Violin Concerto given exhilarating performance by Repin, Philadelphia Orchestra
- 3/2 - Lyric Opera’s “Hercules” to bring the war home in contemporary style
- 2/26 - Josefowicz, Chicago Symphony take flight in Salonen’s Violin Concerto
- 2/25 - Worthy singing undone by Zimmerman’s conceits, endless intervals in Met’s “Lucia”
- 2/23 - Post-L.A., Esa-Pekka Salonen looks to take up new challenges
- 2/20 - DiDonato triumphs in Chicago recital debut
- 2/17 - Levine leads superb young cast in a winning “Bartered Bride” at Juilliard
- 2/14 - With inspired cast, Met’s “Iphigénie” still a powerful experience, the dancing apart
- 2/13 - A knight to remember: Botha leads a magnificent cast in Lyric Opera’s “Lohengrin”
- 2/13 - Cape Town orchestra tour is a first for America and Africa
- 2/11 - Chin’s introspective Cello Concerto given a memorable premiere by Gerhardt, Boston Symphony
- 2/10 - Not quite magnifique, Grétry opera still proves enjoyable in modern premiere
- 2/7 - Cleveland Orchestra hires its own “critic” in Miami
- 2/4 - “Nixon in China” makes a belated, successful premiere at the Met
- 2/1 - From Handel to Hammerstein, the Lyric Opera of Chicago will just keep rolling along
- 1/28 - Uchida’s Mozart extraordinary once again with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- 1/26 - The New World Symphony opens its new multimedia home
- 1/26 - Mitsuko Uchida brings mix of scholarship and intimacy to Mozart and Schumann
- 1/24 - Lyric Opera’s lively and engaging “Fanciulla” almost golden
- 1/22 - New World Symphony to create new multimedia world in Gehry hall
- 1/21 - A superb cast ignites the Met’s compelling revival of “Boccanegra”
- 1/20 - San Francisco Opera to offer Theofanidis premiere in 2011-12
- 1/16 - Seattle Opera serves up a delightful “Barber”
- 1/13 - Fleming brings delicate shading to ruminative Carnegie Hall program
- 1/13 - Brian Dickie to exit Chicago Opera Theater
- 1/11 - Alagna’s last-minute subbing sparks a gleaming and dramatic “Tosca” at the Met
- 1/9 - Contempo’s program of American music finds a solace amid the dissonance
- 1/9 - The Emerson Quartet warms up a wintry Chicago night, memorably
- 1/8 - Adès’ multimedia premiere mines inventive riches out of chaos
- 1/7 - Grant Park Festival chief to leave post for Art Institute after just one year
- 1/2 - The Met’s updated “Traviata” morphs Verdi’s drama into stark blood sport
- 1/1 - Spoleto Festival to expand schedule in 2011
2010
- 12/19 - Rattle, fine cast bring out the drama and mystery of Met’s “Pelleas and Melisande”
- 12/17 - Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival announces 2011 season
- 12/9 - Renée Fleming takes artistic consulting position with the Lyric Opera of Chicago
- 12/5 - Colin Matthews’ Violin Concerto receives fiery U.S. premiere led by a loquacious Oliver Knussen
- 12/3 - Boulez, CSO and Chorus soar in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass
- 11/23 - The Met delivers a powerful, moving and very Catholic “Don Carlo”
- 11/19 - A lightness of being in Rihm premiere with Mutter and New York Philharmonic
- 11/16 - Radvanovsky and Fisch strike sparks in Lyric Opera’s “Masked Ball”
- 11/13 - Rufus Wainwright’s new song cycle undone by souped-up symphonic dressing
- 11/12 - Dessi’s underpowered singing makes for clipped “Butterfly” wings at San Francisco Opera
- 11/11 - Mattila’s memorable immortal diva highlights San Francisco Opera’s stylish “Makropulos”
- 11/10 - Domingo, colorful San Francisco Opera production provide admirable advocacy for Alfano’s problematic “Cyrano”
- 11/10 - Fine cast and uneven conducting make for mixed Mozart in Met’s “Cosi”
- 11/9 - Kremer, Baltic musicians serve up compelling, dizzyingly eclectic program
- 11/6 - Lyric Opera delivers a triumphant “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
- 11/5 - Garanča’s sexually charged gypsy lights up the Met’s “Carmen”
- 11/3 - Netrebko’s delightful Norina again lifts the Met’s “Don Pasquale”
- 11/3 - David Daniels returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Britten’s “Dream”
- 10/29 - Bernstein’s “A Quiet Place” makes a belated, touching New York debut at City Opera
- 10/28 - A violent “Trovatore” let down by uneven vocalism
- 10/26 - Opera Orchestra of New York is back with “Cav & Nav”
- 10/25 - New Glass violin concerto a work for all seasons
- 10/25 - Arturo Sandoval offers robust playing in Miami concerto premiere
- 10/24 - In a role debut, Polish soprano proves an electrifying Lucia in Seattle
- 10/23 - Despite a fine cast, “Rio de Sangre” fails to stir the blood
- 10/22 - Glass on Glass
- 10/18 - Pacifica Quartet launches Shostakovich cycle with riveting performance
- 10/17 - With a strong cast, Met’s “Bohème” works its practical magic
- 10/14 - Lyric Opera’s sturdy “Carmen” dealt a fatal card by singer’s cancellation
- 10/14 - Pacifica Quartet set to launch exploration of Shostakovich
- 10/13 - Met’s new production delivers a bleak yet nuanced “Boris”
- 10/12 - Muti’s condition diagnosed as “extreme exhaustion”: full recovery expected
- 10/4 - Muti cancels rest of CSO fall residency due to illness
- 10/3 - Terrific cast trumps variable musical direction in the Met’s “Rigoletto”
- 10/3 - Muti takes ill, Mutter takes the helm for CSO’s gala concert
- 10/3 - Murderously magnificent: Soprano shines in Lyric Opera’s sharp, stylish “Macbeth”
- 9/30 - Carnegie opens with Vienna Philharmonic and an idiosyncratic Lang Lang
- 9/30 - After a 21-year absence, Mutter returns to perform with Muti, Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall
- 9/29 - Making a mess of Massenet: Director’s disastrous conceits doom San Francisco Opera’s “Werther”
- 9/29 - Zarin Mehta steps down from helm of the New York Philharmonic
- 9/29 - Met’s “Hoffmann” proves better the second time around
- 9/28 - Zimmerman’s “Candide” offers the most of all possible words
- 9/28 - Technical wizardry of Met’s new “Rheingold” serves Wagner’s vision well
- 9/27 - Chemistry of two principals sparks San Francisco Opera’s delightful “Figaro”
- 9/25 - Fiery vocalism elevates mixed “Aida” at San Francisco Opera
- 9/24 - Muti sparks exhilarating CSO opener with brilliant and bizarre Berlioz
- 9/22 - At 40, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque sees a bright future
- 9/19 - Muti’s Chicago Symphony debut draws 30,000 to Millennium Park
- 9/17 - The moment for Muti
- 9/13 - ICE opens its Chicago season in typically audacious style
- 8/22 - Spratlan’s arid, pretentious “Dream” proves dated and deadly in belated world premiere
- 8/19 - Santa Fe Opera scores a comedic triumph with Britten’s wry “Albert Herring”
- 8/18 - Off-putting Offenbach: Director Alden does it again, ruining Santa Fe’s “Hoffmann” with idiocy and excess
- 8/17 - Magnificent singing tops minimal staging in Santa Fe’s delightful “Magic Flute”
- 8/17 - Brett Dean’s “Epitaphs,” a superb addition to the quintet repertoire
- 8/15 - Soprano’s unhinged intensity proves overwhelming in Santa Fe Opera’s “Butterfly”
- 8/11 - French composers go to Spain–not for the first time–at Music@Menlo
- 8/6 - Botstein, SummerScape give eloquent advocacy to neglected Schreker opera
- 8/4 - Mei-Ann Chen named music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta
- 8/3 - Freshly minted “Ariadne” at Tanglewood captures Strauss’s wit and energy
- 8/1 - After a scary start, musical values conquer wayward production in Seattle’s new “Tristan”
- 7/28 - American jazz filtered through experimental Europeans at Ravinia
- 7/27 - At Caramoor, Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan” unmasked as Verdi precursor
- 7/26 - Music@Menlo opens with contrasted programs like night and day
- 7/25 - Fleming’s Strauss soars on Eschenbach anniversary night at Ravinia
- 7/25 - Tippett’s “Child of Our TIme” makes moving impact on a stormy night
- 7/23 - Glimmerglass Opera at its finest with intimate Copland and lusty Puccini
- 7/21 - Directorial excess sabotages “Tolomeo” premiere at Glimmerglass while “Figaro” fares better
- 7/16 - Osorio’s Beethoven a revelation on every level at Ravinia
- 7/11 - Sibelius soars on a glorious evening with the Grant Park Orchestra
- 7/7 - Mason, chief of Lyric Opera of Chicago, to retire after 2011-2012 season
- 7/1 - Polish conductor makes impressive Chicago debut in music of his compatriots
- 6/29 - Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus serve up adventurous program of 1940s Americana
- 6/19 - A new family-friendly opera and Sondheim’s evergreen Night Music more than compensate for uneven Mozart in St Louis
- 6/16 - Cult pop idol Rufus Wainwright places memorable melodies to the fore in an accomplished first opera
- 6/16 - Glimmerglass Opera to re-name and broaden repertoire interests in 2011
- 6/14 - Smart and provocative, Ojai delivers a compelling modernist weekend
- 5/28 - In New York debut, “Le Grand Macabre” impresses as colorful show, less as music
- 5/21 - Powerful American premiere and magnificent Mahler served up by Bychkov, Chicago Symphony
- 5/15 - Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic deliver thrilling performance in Chicago
- 5/14 - New concerto an effective star vehicle for Yo-Yo Ma, but light on musical substance
- 5/13 - Despite its flaws, Seattle Opera’s “Amelia” makes a high-flying impact
- 5/12 - Flicka’s farewell
- 5/12 - Metropolitan Opera’s HD broadcasts break 2 million barrier
- 5/9 - COT’s “Three Decembers” is slight stuff but von Stade luminous in her operatic farewell
- 5/2 - Dramatically flat but musically absorbing, Heggie’s opera harpoons “Moby Dick”
- 5/1 - Russian cellist makes spectacular U.S. debut with Pinnock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- 4/27 - Met’s “Dutchman” sets sail in sturdy revival
- 4/26 - Chicago Opera Theater’s excellent cast and musical values undermined by post-modern silliness in Cavalli’s “Giasone”
- 4/18 - Chicago Opera Theater’s fine cast and superb conductor lead “Moses in Egypt” out of the desert
- 4/15 - Met’s belated “Armida” debut a worthy attempt that fails to make the grade
- 4/14 - An Illinois community orchestra dares to tackle Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
- 4/12 - Lang Lang serves up propulsive Prokofiev and mixed Mozart at Chicago’s Harris Theater
- 4/11 - Back to the future with Chicago Opera Theater’s 2010 season
- 3/26 - Lieberson’s new song cycle given a moving premiere by Finley, Boston Symphony
- 3/26 - Miami choir soars in Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”
- 3/18 - The Met serves up inspired advocacy for Thomas’s flawed yet fascinating “Hamlet”
- 3/12 - Gergiev and soloists provide blazing account of “Les Troyens” at Carnegie Hall
- 3/10 - Sarasota’s “Magic Flute” provides a mostly delightful Mozart evening
- 3/9 - Not much prime Verdi at stake in “Giovanna d’Arco,” but Sarasota Opera provides worthy advocacy
- 3/8 - In a cynical age, Sarasota Opera’s “Hansel and Gretel” works its traditional magic
- 3/8 - Sarasota Opera to launch American opera series in 2011
- 3/7 - Met’s brilliant production of “The Nose” is nothing to sneeze at
- 3/6 - Sarasota Opera’s “Cav and Pag” offers a varied bag of verismo
- 3/1 - With a mostly terrific cast, Lyric Opera’s “Figaro” closes season in style
- 3/1 - Muti commanding in Met return while static staging highlights “Attila” weaknesses
- 3/1 - Welcome
- 3/1 - Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony receives a belated, electrifying CSO debut
- 3/1 - 19-year-old captures top prize at National Chopin Competition
- 3/1 - Berlioz makes a belated Lyric Opera debut with “Damnation of Faust”
- 3/1 - New works, familiar faces on tap for Muti’s first CSO season
- 3/1 - David Finckel and Wu Han find the right balance on stage and off
- 3/1 - Glorious singing trumps audacious but muddled production in Lyric Opera’s “Damnation of Faust”
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