Mike Silverman

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Nina Stemme ignites Houston’s ‘Tristan’

Nina Stemme ignites Houston’s ‘Tristan’

Mike Silverman · April 28, 2013 2:58 pm

Review: Gergiev conducts all-star ‘Walkuere’

Review: Gergiev conducts all-star ‘Walkuere’

Mike Silverman · February 11, 2013 9:49 pm

Review: Kaufmann expands Wagner rep

Review: Kaufmann expands Wagner rep

Mike Silverman · February 11, 2013 9:47 pm

CORRECTS DATE Undated photo released by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London of Bryan Hymel in the title role of their production of the opera Robert Le Diable. Degas painted it. Chopin wrote variations on it. Balzac and Dumas mentioned it in their fiction. The Paris Opera performed it 100 times in just three years. For more than a half-century after its premiere in 1831, Giacomo Meyerbeer's âRobert le Diableâ was everywhere. Then, as its composer's reputation plummeted, it all but disappeared. Now the Royal Opera has brought it back, for the first time in 120 years, in a new production by director Laurent Pelly that opened Dec. 6 and was seen at the third of six performance Wednesday, Dec.12, 2012. It's a commendable undertaking, especially at a time when many opera companies are opting for safe repertory choices. (AP Photo/Royal Opera House Bill Cooper)

Review: Meyerbeer’s rare ‘Robert’ staged in London

Mike Silverman · December 13, 2012 11:20 am

In this undated photo provided by Alla Scala theater press office, Ann Petersen, playing Elsa, right, performs during rehersals of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin at the Milan La Scala opera house, Italy. This Lohengrin is no knight in shining armor, confidently riding in on a swan to defend a beautiful maiden. No, the barefoot hero on view at La Scala these days acts more like a runaway from a home for troubled youth. He's full of odd, jerky arm movements, spends a lot of time picking swan feathers off himself, and is given to darting off stage suddenly or lying down in a fetal position when under stress. He's well-matched with the neurotic Elsa, who is easily startled and plagued by fainting spells and psychosomatic itching. Small wonder, since she's been traumatized by seeing her younger brother Gottfried kidnapped _ and, for all she knows, drowned in the Scheldt river by the sorceress Ortrud. (Actually, Ortrud turned him into a swan, which explains why Elsa is tormented by visions of him wandering across the set, one arm draped in swan feathers.) (AP Photo/Monika Rittershaus, La Scala)

Review: Kaufmann triumphs as La Scala’s Lohengrin

Mike Silverman · December 12, 2012 1:41 pm

In this undated photo provided by the Opernhaus Zurich Bryn Terfel in the role of the Hollaender (Dutchman), right, and Anja Kampe as Senta, left, perform on stage during a dress rehearsal for Richard Wagner's opera "Der fliegende Hollaender" (The Flying Dutchman) at the opera in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Opernhaus Zurich/T+T Fotografie/Toni Suter + Tanja Dorendorf)

Review: Terfel shines in Zurich’s odd ‘Dutchman’

Mike Silverman · December 10, 2012 9:27 am

In this Oct. 29, 2012 photo provided by the Opernhaus Frankfurt Christian Gerhaher in the role of Pelleas, left, and Christiane Karg as Melisande perform during a dress rehearsal for the Claude Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melisande" at the opera in Frankfurt, central Germany. (AP Photo/Opernhaus Frankfurt, Monika Rittershaus) NO SALES - ONE TIME USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE

Trapped in 2 worlds: ‘Pelleas et Melisande’

Mike Silverman · December 7, 2012 7:49 am

Review: Collaborative ‘Cosi’ scores at Juilliard

Review: Collaborative ‘Cosi’ scores at Juilliard

Mike Silverman · November 15, 2012 4:04 pm

Review: Honoree Ailyn Perez headlines gala concert

Review: Honoree Ailyn Perez headlines gala concert

Mike Silverman · November 12, 2012 4:31 pm

Eglise Gutierrez a sublime Juliet at Caramoor

Eglise Gutierrez a sublime Juliet at Caramoor

Mike Silverman · July 23, 2012 7:11 pm

Review: Waterboarding ‘Aida,’ buoyant ‘Music Man’

Review: Waterboarding ‘Aida,’ buoyant ‘Music Man’

Mike Silverman · July 16, 2012 2:28 pm

Review: US premiere for Rossini opera at Caramoor

Review: US premiere for Rossini opera at Caramoor

Mike Silverman · July 9, 2012 2:00 pm