Willam S. Oser writes in Talking Broadway: I’ve now attended my first live performance since you all know what: Music for Halloween, a “POPera” presentation
Puccini’s Il Tritico (The Triptych) is likely to be a night of heaven for me in an opera house. Two thirds of the opera, Suor
William S. Oser Any self-respecting musical lover in this area is already planning to or better get to The Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg for
By Bill DeYoung Since his debut in Carlo Collodi’s 19th century children’s book, Pinocchio – the wooden puppet who can walk, talk and get into
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart broke barriers in opera, and not just by weaving those impossible harmonies with seemingly little effort. Together with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte,
Seasoned cast scores an extra-base hit for St. Petersburg Opera with ‘Faust’ says Andrew Meacham, Times Performing Arts Critic: Charles Gounod’s Faust sets the table
Michael Eddy of Stage-Directions.com writes: Lighting Designer Keith Arsenault recently lit the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s production of the Jacques Offenbach classic, Tales of Hoffmann. Following a poet
William S. Oser says in Talkin’ Broadway “I would have been delighted to encounter a performance this good of this opera at any of the
Andrew Meacham’s Writes: Here’s a one-question poll. Suppose your favorite comedian was coming through town. But for the same ticket price, you could instead attend
Andrew Meacham writes Il Trovatore opens with foreboding and menace as a Spanish military officer lays the groundwork for revenge. Musically and in tone, the
Broadway World‘s Peter Nason reviews: I am in the camp that believes that SOUTH PACIFIC is Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest work. Even though it won
Andrew Meacham reviewed: Now and then, someone launches a contemporary version of La Bohème, Giacomo Puccini’s paean to love and loss, with mixed results. A
St. Pete Times reviews: A nearly full house turned out on Friday for the St. Petersburg Opera’s first production of 2016, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The
