When I interviewed Josh Shaw, Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project, back in December, I observed that Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Theater or POP for short, is kind of “guerilla theater.” By that I didn’t mean that POP is experimental in its choice of repertoire but that it takes opera anywhere and – theoretically – everywhere by any means. {…}
The start of September is a pretty quiet time for opera in North America. But one opera company is taking advantage of the quiet weekend. For those in America looking for an operatic experience, Berkshire is showcasing its final performance of “Rigoletto.” But elsewhere, there is one production that opens for one night only. Carmen – Pacific Opera Project Nora {…}
Another operatic weekend. Another set of opening performances around North America. The big one on the radar is “Samson et Dalila” at the Dallas Opera, which is set to star Olga Borodina. The opera opens on Friday with another performance set for Sunday. Houston Grand Opera opens its production of “La Traviata” on Saturday. Additionally, the Florentine Opera opens its {…}