Wagner’s “Siegfried” from the Met – Record 5.5 Hour Opera Telecast Encore
The Ring cycle continues to be repeated with transmissions on May 16 with Wagner’s Siegfried, the third of the four Ring Cycle Operas. Read More…
REVIEW: “The Last High Queen of Ireland” at Old Deerfield Productions
Comments by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 Let’s talk about place. As real estate agents say, its all about location, location, location. Where something happens…
REVIEW: “Cosi fan Tutte” at Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2008 Let me state right up front that I know NOTHING about opera. While they have the same roots…
REVIEW: “Summer” at Berkshire Opera Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1999 “These are the mountains that give us such beauty,There are the meadows that give us such summer.”– Joan…
REVIEW: “The Barber of Seville” at Berkshire Opera Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July, 1999 Once again I offer my disclaimer that I am not an expert on opera. I can only view…
REVIEW: “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at MCLA
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, December 1998 In what is becoming a holiday tradition, local artists have once again staged “Amahl and the Night Visitors”…
REVIEW: “Carmen” at Berkshire Opera Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, October, 1998 Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves was described in the Berkshire Opera Company literature as “the world’s reigning Carmen”. Being an…
REVIEW: “The Magic Flute” at Berkshire Opera Company
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 1998 Let me state at the outset that I am not an opera expert. I cannot discuss a singer’s…