Benjamin Britten’s 1954 adaptation of Henry James’ classic 1898 gothic novella about malevolent spirits haunting (perhaps) innocent children retains the mysterious ambiguities of the original story. Are the ghosts hallucinations […]

This extraordinary and multi-dimensional opera combines and contrasts the low-brow appeal of popular comedy as expressed in the Commedia dell’arte with the high seriousness of a penetrating interpretation of Greek […]

Donizetti’s 1832 send-up of the “love potion” meme is one of the most popular comic operas of all time. It is full of indelibly memorable tunes and Bel Canto display […]