Before I start my review, I want to make it clear where I am coming from. I like the music of George Frideric Handel but Continue reading
George Frideric Handel was a German composer living in England who wrote Italian operas based on Greek legends for an English audience. Continue reading
You won’t find The Enchanted Island listed in any opera book published previous to this year, because the World Premiere was three weeks ago on New Year’s Eve, 2011-12. Continue reading
RenÉe Fleming is everything. She is a great actress with a beautiful soprano voice; she is a wonderful hostess Continue reading
George Frideric Handel wrote lots of truly inspired music including more than 40 operas. He visualized complex characters and put them into interesting situations. But when he came up with names for these characters, he had trouble getting as far as “B” in the alphabet. Continue reading
Our San Francisco Splash Opera Nut is presenting readers with two very different operatic interpretations of the same classic legend. Continue reading
