Reviews, appreciation and analysis of all things opera
This website has reviewed several live operatic performances over the past two years that I believe are worthy of the attention of the wider community of opera aficionados. Some I have characterized as “world class”, suggesting that it would have been worth the effort for an opera aficionado to have gone to some considerable trouble … Read more
Forward by William: In my most recently posted review, I proposed that the wider world begin to recognize the San Francisco Opera as one of a limited number of the world’s opera companies with the capacity to produce Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” as it should be presented. Tom, who has contributed his own reviews on … Read more
The following correspondence has been received from Tom, our principal guest reviewer, on the latest offering of the Los Angeles Opera: Placido Domingo – opera superstar tenor and now impresario – has long wanted to introduce Los Angeles opera audiences to the delights of Spanish zarzuela – the uniquely Spanish light opera very much in … Read more