Parenting Lessons from Seattle Opera’s Rigoletto
Some people dislike modern productions of old operas. These are often the same folks who think Shakespeare should always be performed in Elizabethan costume (but...
Music I Liked – Carmen
This week has been all about Carmen for me. I am reviewing Seattle Opera's new production elsewhere, but in preparation I've been listening to the...
Youth Odyssey
First I was surprised to find The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is not only a good opera, but also an enjoyable one and ended up...
All Ages Opera
Expensive tickets, long run times, foreign languages, and a reputation for elitism – not to mention a propensity for wildly inappropriate story lines – makes...
Steve Jobs and the (R)evolution of Opera
I expected it to spark many conversations. What I did not expect was to actually like it. But The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs was a...