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MetroWest Opera presents “The Magic Flute” with a boarding school twist

by Erin Huelskamp May 2, 2010

More fringe opera coverage from Erin Huelskamp; MetroWest Opera sets The Magic Flute in a 1920s boarding school.

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Opera Boston’s “Madame White Snake”

Thumbnail image for Opera Boston’s “Madame White Snake” by Bryce Lambert March 3, 2010

Boston lowbrow attends the first local opera premiere in decades.

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Spanish Mustaches and Puppy Dog Lips: Riverside Theater Works’ “Cosi Fan Tutti”

Thumbnail image for Spanish Mustaches and Puppy Dog Lips: Riverside Theater Works’ “Cosi Fan Tutti” by Erin Huelskamp February 24, 2010

Erin Huelskamp takes in Riverside Theater Works’ “Cosi Fan Tutti” and some wine in Hyde Park.

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BLO Does Britten in a Real Live Castle

Thumbnail image for BLO Does Britten in a Real Live Castle by Bryce Lambert February 9, 2010

Seeing the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of The Turn of the Screw in the Park Plaza Castle and perusing the press literature on their demographics, outreach, and special events, is enough to convince me that they’re moving the the direction every opera company (and for that matter, every high-culture producer) wants to move in. Upon [...]

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Opera Boston’s Tancredi

Thumbnail image for Opera Boston’s Tancredi by Bryce Lambert October 25, 2009

Opera Boston’s Tancredi (final show the 27th) is exactly what Boston opera should be. Not a lavish star-studded production that’s recorded to be sold on DVD, or broadcast live to movie theaters; but an intimate relatively inexpensive production that showcases local talent and brings to the stage works that have fallen from favor. $30 or [...]

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Opera, from the Future?

Thumbnail image for Opera, from the Future? by Bryce Lambert October 8, 2009

Elly Jessop (left), a master’s student in Tod Machover‘s MIT Media Lab research group, gave a talk Wednesday night at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education on the upcoming production Death and the Powers, billed the opera of the future. Set to premier in Monaco September 2010, and tour internationally with a stop at the [...]