Tales of Hoffmann at Seattle Opera
A while back I wrote a post about the erroneous perception that heavy metal has to be grim and angry and depressing. Even a lot...
Get Your Papers Together to See Seattle Opera’s The Consul
A modern, English-language opera about a woman fighting bureaucracy sounded like a painfully tedious proposition – too much like my real life. But I attended The Consul at...
Rigoletto at Seattle Opera
La Bohéme has a special place in my heart, but Rigoletto is a better opera. Which explains why, at the end of the holidays when...
La fille du régiment at Seattle Opera
Seattle Opera kicked off its 50th season with Donizetti’s La fille du régiment. It seemed like a strange choice to me, because, well, it is...
I Cried My Eyes Out at Seattle Opera’s La Bohéme
Seattle Opera’s production of La Boheme made me cry. I love this opera about bohemian artists in Paris for several reasons. One is that it...