Opera Performances and Opera Festivals PICTURE THIS POST Loves

Picture this Post Reviews And Previews of Worldwide  Opera Performances:

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Or, find below opera companies and opera festivals listed alphabetically below, with reviews of their operas and other musical works as well as opera previews listed from most recent to earlier.

Auditorium Theatre Chicago

• Auditorium Theatre Hosts THE LEGEND OF ZYGIMANTAS AUGUSTAS AND BARBORA RADVILAITE Review- Stunning Tribute to Lithuanian Culture

CAFeBUDAPEST

• CAFeBUDAPEST Presents CANDIDE Review – Experiencing the Classic in New Way

Capital  City Opera of Atlanta

• Capitol City Opera of Atlanta Presents MAN OF LA MANCHA Review – Powerful Music

Chicago Fringe Opera

• Chicago Fringe Opera Announces its 2017 – 2018 Season – Two Premieres

• Chicago Fringe Opera Presents LUCREZIA Review – Zarzuela Bolcom Style 050817

Chicago Opera Theater

• Chicago Opera Theater Presents IOLANTA Review—Tchaikovsky’s Most Mature Fairy Tale

• Chicago Opera Theater Presents Donizetti Double Bill IL PIGMALIONE & RITA Review – LOL-laced Arias

• Chicago Opera Theater IL PIGMALIONE & RITA Preview – Interview with Amy Hutchinson

• Chicago Opera Theater Presents ELIZABETH CREE Review—A New Operatic Thriller

• Chicago Opera Theater Presents THE CONSUL Review—An Operatic Everyday Tragedy

• Chicago Opera Theater presents THE PERFECT AMERICAN Review—A Meditation on Legacy

• Chicago Opera Theater THE INVENTION OF MOREL Review – A Recorded Love Story

• Chicago Opera Theater Stages Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen”

• Chicago Opera Theater’s “The Love Potion” Review – Music That Moves

Facility Theatre

• Facility Theatre Presents THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL PASSION Preview – Interview with Director Dado

Folks Operetta

• Folks Operetta Presents THE CSÁRDÁS PRINCESS Review – Lost Kálmán Operetta

• Chicago Folks Operetta Presents JOHNNY JOHNSON Review – Questions and Reality of War

Harris Theater

• Harris Theater Hosts The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s ARIAS AND BARCAROLLES Review: Bernstein, Brahms and More

• Harris Theater Presents BEYOND THE ARIA Review – Intimate, Highly Enjoyable

• Harris Theater Presents WAR & PEACE: HARMONY THROUGH MUSIC– Passion. Loss, Peace Reign Supreme

Light Opera Works

• Light Opera Works presents DIE FLEDERMAUS —Brings the House Down!

Lyric Opera

• Lyric Opera Presents SIEGFRIED Review – Boy-Hero Meets Goddess-Turned-Girl

• Lyric Opera presents IDOMENEO review- Mozart opera engages and surprises

• Lyric Opera Presents LA BOHÈME Review – Puccini Magic at Season Opener

• Lyric Opera Presents EMPOWER Review – Teens Create South Side Opera

• Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents RISING STARS IN CONCERT 2018 Review—A Revue of Opera through the Centuries 

• Lyric Opera Presents JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Review – Beautiful Spectacle

• Lyric Opera presents FELLOW TRAVELERS Review – Red, White & Blue Meets Pink in McCarthy-Era America!

• Lyric Opera Presents CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF BERNSTEIN Review – Meeting Iconic Composer Anew

• Lyric Opera Presents FAUST Review – Gorgeous Sights and Sounds

• Lyric Unlimited Presents LAWRENCE BROWNLEE in CYCLES OF MY BEING – Poet’s heart on sleeve

• Lyric Opera Presents COSI FAN TUTTE Review – Channeling Moliere Opera-style

• Lyric Opera Presents Bellini’s I PURITANI – Hearing Voices

• Lyric Opera Presents TURANDOT Review – Spectacle! 120617

• Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents THE PEARL FISHERS Review – A love triangle in exotic Ceylon 112217

• Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents DIE WALKURE Review – Shattering and Beautiful 110217

• Lyric Opera Presents RIGOLETTO Review‑Transporting Talents 100817

• Lyric Opera Presents ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE Review – Opera for Ballet Lovers 092417

• Lyric Opera’s 2017-2018 Season Preview – Unrequited Love in Song 091117

• Lyric Opera presents STARS OF LYRIC OPERA AT MILLENNIUM PARK Review – An Evening of Soaring Melody 091117

• Lyric Opera MY FAIR LADY Review— Lerner & Loewe Classic

• Lyric Opera Stages Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN Review – Spotlight on Passions 022817

• Lyric Opera Backstage Tour Review– How the Opera Magic Gets Made

• Lyric Opera Updates CARMEN Review – Classic with Choreographer’s Touch 021217

• Lyric Opera presents NORMA Review – Coloratura Confection 012917

• Lyric Opera Presents “The Magic Flute” Review –With Lots of “Let’s Make Pretend” 121116

• Lyric Opera’s THE TROJANS (LES TROYENS) Review— Noble and Grand Passions Abound 111616

• Lyric’s Lucia di Lammermoor Review— Singing So Superb

• Lyric Opera’s DON QUICHOTTE – Great Book, Great Voices, Great Stage 112016

Metropolitan Opera

• Met Opera Live HD Series Presents FANCIULLA DEL WEST Review – An Italian’s Take on American Folklore

• Met Opera Presents AIDA Review – Verdi Grandeur at Live HD Series Opener

Santa Fe Opera

• New Mexico History Museum & Santa Fe Opera Present ATOMIC HISTORIES Exhibit Preview

Tucson Desert Song Festival

• Tucson Desert Song Festival presents LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S SYMPHONY NO. 3, KADDISH Review – New Symphonic Perspective on the Traditional Jewish Prayer

• Tucson Desert Song Festival presents LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S MASS Review – Wonderful Kesselgarten