Betsy Norden

Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish...

Scaoileadh : 1980.02.21
Coitianta : 0.885

Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy...

Scaoileadh : 1983.07.28
Coitianta : 0.51

The opera's dramatic structure frames and enhances the characters. Scenes of magnificence regularly alternate with scenes of darkness and squalor....

Scaoileadh : 1981.12.15
Coitianta : 0.284

The Metropolitan Opera's performance of "Hansel and Gretel" features music by Engelbert Humperdinck and is conducted by Thomas Fulton. The Met's...

Scaoileadh : 1982.12.01
Coitianta : 0.612

In this legendary production, director John Dexter and designer David Reppa brilliantly captured the stark drama of Poulenc’s only full-length...

Scaoileadh : 1987.04.04
Coitianta : 0.231

What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...

Scaoileadh : 1992.01.10
Coitianta : 1.161