Berkshire on Stage

PanOpera IncIn Our Opera EraJanuary 27 at 6:00 PMNorthampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley Street, Flex Room PanOpera is pleased to announce our first event of 2024, an opera gala: In Our Opera Era. We’re thrilled to present iconic scenes from Così fan tutte, Cavalleria rusticana, I Pagliacci, Lucia…

by Fred Baumgarten Panopera’s presentation of La Traviata at the Academy of Music in Northampton straddled the line between professional quality and amateur production. On the strength of some good singing, sincerity, and charm, let’s call it a win. La Traviata (roughly, “The Fallen One”), arguably Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular opera and certainly…