Cavalleria rusticana
Santuzza - Nicolase Mallat
Turiddu - Eduardo Villa
Alfio - Danny Oakden
Lola - Boyoon Choi
Mamma Lucia - Sharon Karsner

PagliacciNedda - Ralucca Marinescu ( Read more... )

Die Walkure, 8/18/09 ( Read more... )

Monday night's Rheingold exceeded my high expectations ( Read more... )

Simon Boccanegra (Concert performance ( Read more... )

The Marriage of Figaro (New Production ( Read more... )

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Seattle Opera's Young Artist Program - March 27, 2009 ( Read more... )

I went (with my brother) to Wednesday evening's performance of Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung at Seattle Opera. I was just as impressed with the production as I was on opening night. After hearing the singers again, it's clear that John Relyea's voice was gorgeous but small, Malgorzata Walewska's voice is loud but strident, and Susan Marie ( Read more... )

I'm a bit slow on posting my Pearl Fishers review, and for a good reason: I was a bit dozy during the performance. As a result, this one will be shorter than usual ( Read more... )

Le Comte Ory, Tacoma Opera, seen 11/7/2008 at the Rialto Theater, Tacoma WA ( Read more... )

I'm not a professional musician, or an amateur one for that matter. Generally, my knowledge of music is limited to whether I like it or not. In that vein, my two favorite living composers are Einojuhani Rautavaara and John Adams. Both of them compose music that makes a profound impact to me upon first listen ( Read more... )