It’s the highlight of the solo set-pieces; the others are good, perhaps not great, but the young Figaro (handsome, musically very sharp-witted Riccardo Fassi), Count (Germán E. Alcántara, velvet-toned ...

Figaro in ‘Barber’ is pure baritone, but Figaro in ‘Nozze’ is always a little bit lower than everybody else.” Venni said the characters are similar but different in the two operas.

Silvia Moi (Susanna) and Gaynor Keeble (Marcellina) are fine, but moments of imperfect delivery deprive their characters of a vital edge, particularly since there are no surtitles. The ...

When Antonio's ship is run aground by a massive storm, he and his comrades must navigate an isle rife with spirits and temptation. It is a morality tale about the rulers and the ruled, and how ...

LA Opera is kicking off a "Figaro Unbound" trilogy with its own wonderfully excessive west coast premiere production of Ghosts which we suspect will prove to be a company signature piece for years ...

Probably no other opera in the standard repertoire has more characters or a more twisted plot than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro.” Its synopsis takes up three-fourths of ...

The opera's characters, after all, have only one day in which to get through a full helping of tricks, ruses, betrayals and madcap tomfoolery on their way to a redemptive happy ending.

Would that the same could be said of all his colleagues. Silvia Moi (Susanna) and Gaynor Keeble (Marcellina) are fine, but moments of imperfect delivery deprive their characters of a vital edge, ...