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Cavalleria RusticanaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Acustica rusticana: Boston Lyric Opera’s first-rate Cavalleria hobbled |
 7 Oct 21 / Bachtrack |
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ is a triumph |
| 3 Oct 21 / Boston Globe |
Lack of dramatic fire, problematic venue defeat BLO’s “Cavalleria” |
| 3 Oct 21 / Boston Classical Review |
The Fall of the House of UsherBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Boston Lyric Opera falls into strange intersections with Philip Glass and Edgar Allen Poe |
| 30 Jan 21 / Bachtrack |
Boston Lyric Opera's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' tackles the unraveling American dream |
| 30 Jan 21 / wbur |
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Boston Lyric Opera's ‘Fall of the House of Usher’
With the Jan. 29 release of Philip Glass’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” on operabox.tv, the company will unveil its most ambitious and spectacular project of the season.
With the Jan. 29 release of Philip Glass’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” on operabox.tv, the company will unveil its most ambitious and spectacular project of the season.
Fellow TravelersBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Flawed Fellow Travelers at Boston Lyric Opera |
| 19 Nov 19 / Bachtrack |
Director Peter Rothstein has delivered a production that seems to shoot electric sparks through the theatre |
| 15 Nov 19 / Broadway World |
PagliacciBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Boston Lyric Opera's production of 'Pagliacci' is passionate and contemporary |
| 6 Oct 19 / Glide Magazine |
Dust off the cobwebs: a rejuvenated Pagliacci from Boston Lyric Opera |
| 5 Oct 19 / Bachtrack |
The Handmaid's TaleBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
The Handmaid’s Tale opera delivers in victorious adaptation |
| 14 May 19 / The Huntington News |
Opening performance of Boston Lyric Opera's adaptation of 'The Handmaid's Tale' creates winning formula |
| 11 May 19 / Glide Magazine |
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is a brutal triumph as opera |
| 11 May 19 / New York Times |
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Dysfunction, set in Boston |
| 11 May 19 / New England Public Radio |
No balm in Gilead |
| 10 May 19 / Bachtrack |
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in a gym? Boston Lyric Opera transforms a new space |
| 4 May 19 / Christian Science Monitor |
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Margaret Atwood talks about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ opera
And why the dystopian classic still resonates.
And why the dystopian classic still resonates.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ comes home to Boston. As an Opera.
Boston Lyric Opera is staging Poul Ruders’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel in a space that could have come straight from the book.
Boston Lyric Opera is staging Poul Ruders’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel in a space that could have come straight from the book.
The Rape of LucretiaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
BLO’s Lucretia a potent symbol |
| 14 Mar 19 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
Boston Lyric Opera does right by ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ |
| 14 Mar 19 / Boston Globe |
Schoenberg in HollywoodBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | |
The whole fell just short of being a sum of its parts |
| 30 Nov 18 / Opera News |
Machover imagines beautiful mountain |
| 25 Nov 18 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
Tod Machover’s brilliant operatic treatment and modernist-like musical score shine |
| 25 Nov 18 / Berkshire Fine Arts |
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Musical worlds collide with BLO’s world premiere of “Schoenberg in Hollywood” |
| 25 Nov 18 / Classical Review |
‘Schoenberg in Hollywood’ is a composer biography like no other |
| 25 Nov 18 / Boston Globe |
Schoenberg moves to Tinseltown in clever new opera |
| 24 Nov 18 / Classical Voice North America |
The Threepenny OperaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
A muffled scream in the night |
| 23 Mar 18 / Bachtrack |
Boston Lyric Opera's The Threepenny Opera is on the money |
| 21 Mar 18 / Broadway World |
BLO’s cool Opry |
| 18 Mar 18 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
Burke & HareBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | |
This new opera wins points for esprit de corpse |
| 18 Nov 17 / Classical Voice North America |
Highly successful enterprise from BLO |
| 15 Nov 17 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
Bring up the bodies |
| 15 Nov 17 / Wall Street Journal |
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At the BLO, it’s the bodies in question |
| 15 Nov 17 / Boston Globe |
Attend The Tale of Burke and Hare: a world première at Boston Lyric Opera |
| 15 Nov 17 / Bachtrack |
ToscaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Tosca’ combines convention, experimentation |
| 19 Oct 17 / The Tufts Daily |
Terrific Tosca! Boston Lyric Opera opens with Puccini |
| 18 Oct 17 / New England Public Radio |
BLO opens its new season with robust ‘Tosca’ |
| 16 Oct 17 / Boston Globe |
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BLO Tosca tells dramatic story |
| 16 Oct 17 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
Le nozze di FigaroBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
A wild and crazy day: Le nozze di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera |
| 3 May 17 / Bachtrack |
BLO offers a ‘Marriage’ of true voices |
| 2 May 17 / Boston Globe |
Composer and cast carry BLO Figaro |
| 1 May 17 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
The Rake's ProgressBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Powerhouse cast lifts BLO ‘Rake’s Progress’ |
| 15 Mar 17 / Boston Globe |
BLO does Stravinsky proud |
| 14 Mar 17 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
GreekBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
In Mark-Anthony Turnage’s satiric opera, patricide/incest taboos are no big deal |
| 29 Nov 16 / Wall Street Journal |
Oedipus shrugs in Thatcher’s England in BLO’s opera ‘Greek’ |
| 18 Nov 16 / Boston Globe |
Œdipus by any other name... |
| 18 Nov 16 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
CarmenBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Love and Death in the Afternoon: Calixto Bieito's Carmen in Boston |
| 28 Sep 16 / Bachtrack |
BLO’s lean, very mean ‘Carmen’ |
| 25 Sep 16 / Boston Globe |
Die Lustige WitweBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
At the Shubert, ‘Merry Widow’ offers an era’s swan song |
| 2 May 16 / Boston Globe |
Die Lustige WitweBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Lolo, Dodo, Joujou: Their era ends |
| 2 May 16 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
WertherBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
New staging for an opera of rich-hued sorrows |
| 14 Mar 16 / Boston Globe |
Singers deliver the vocal drama in BLO’s updated “Werther” |
| 13 Mar 16 / Boston Classical Review |
In the Penal ColonyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Boston Lyric Opera probes the modern psyche with Glass’s “In the Penal Colony” |
| 14 Nov 15 / Classical Review |
A harrowing story that’s worth hearing |
| 13 Nov 15 / The Artery |
La bohèmeBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | |
La Bohème rides new wave |
| 6 Oct 15 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
A Puccini classic reimagined in Paris of 1968 |
| 6 Oct 15 / Boston Globe |
Boston Lyric Opera breathes new life into ‘La Bohème’ |
| 5 Oct 15 / The Artery |
Don GiovanniBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Duncan Rock redeems BLO’s ‘Don Giovanni’ |
| 4 May 15 / Boston Globe |
Fine singing lifts BLO’s feminist retooling of “Don Giovanni” |
| 3 May 15 / Boston Classical Review |
Kat'a KabanovaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
BLO offers Boston’s first staging of ‘Katya Kabanova’ |
| 16 Mar 15 / Boston Globe |
Alvarez magnificent in BLO’s mixed premiere of Janacek’s “Katya” |
| 15 Mar 15 / Boston Classical Review |
Le vin herbéBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
BLO serves up a poignant, captivating performance of Frank Martin rarity |
| 21 Nov 14 / Classical Review |
Aesthetic reclamation of Tristan tales from BLO |
| 21 Nov 14 / The Boston Musical Intelliger |
I PuritaniBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
BLO strikes a pose with 'I Puritani' |
| 8 May 14 / Wicked Local Wrentham |
Soprano provides the highlights in BLO’s uneven “Puritani” |
| 8 May 14 / Boston Classical Review |
RigolettoBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Lyric Opera offers energetic, traditional ‘Rigoletto’ |
| 16 Mar 14 / Boston Globe |
A fine cast does justice to an unjust world in BLO’s “Rigoletto” |
| 16 Mar 14 / Boston Classical Review |
Lizzie BordenBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
‘Lizzie Borden’ at the Castle, roiling beneath the veil |
| 22 Nov 13 / Boston Globe |
Die ZauberflöteBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Appealing young cast lifts Boston Lyric Opera’s season-opening “Magic Flute” |
| 6 Oct 13 / Boston Classical Review |
Der Fliegende HolländerBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
BLO’s ‘Dutchman’ brings Wagner back to Boston |
| 29 Apr 13 / Boston Globe |
Fine singing overcomes heavy-handed Freudianism in BLO’s “Flying Dutchman” |
| 28 Apr 13 / Boston Classical Review |
Così fan tutteBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’ is delightful |
| 19 Mar 13 / Boston Globe |
ClemencyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | |
BLO’s Opera Annex premieres MacMillan’s ‘Clemency’ |
| 8 Feb 13 / Boston Globe |
Madama ButterflyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
BLO’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ production soars despite flaws |
| 9 Nov 12 / The Tufts Daily |
BLO’s ‘Butterfly’ insistently, lyrically dramatic |
| 6 Nov 12 / Boston Globe |
Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' opens Boston Lyric Opera's 2012-2013 season |
| 4 Nov 12 / The Examiner |
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Boston Lyric Opera launches season with a largely successful “Butterfly” |
| 4 Nov 12 / Boston Classical Review |
The InspectorBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | 
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Boston Lyric Opera closes season successfully with comical “Inspector” |
| 24 Apr 12 / Boston Classical Review |
Il barbiere di SivigliaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Cutting it close |
| 14 Mar 12 / The Boston Phoenix |
Boston Lyric Opera’s “Barber” is a sparkling triumph |
| 11 Mar 12 / Boston Classical Review |
The LighthouseBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | |
The singing was uniformly excellent in Boston Lyric Opera’s taut production of this psychologically thriller |
| 19 Feb 12 / Financial Times (via Google) |
Did they crumble into thin air? Only the fog could tell |
| 10 Feb 12 / New York Times |
Boston Lyric Opera serves Maxwell Davies well with haunting, effective “Lighthouse” |
| 10 Feb 12 / Classical Review |
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BLO keeps a light on for the less traditional |
| 10 Feb 12 / Boston Globe |
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| Boston Lyric Opera General and Artistic Director steps down |
Boston Lyric Opera has announced that General and Artistic Director Esther Nelson has decided to step down after 12 years. |
| 12 Mar 2021 / OperaWire |
| Boston Lyric Opera's ‘Fall of the House of Usher’ |
With the Jan. 29 release of Philip Glass’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” on operabox.tv, the company will unveil its most ambitious and spectacular project of the season. |
| 30 Jan 2021 / Boston Globe |
| Boston Lyric Opera announces reimagined 2020-21 season |
The company plans to reschedule productions of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” and Blanchard and Cristofer’s Jazz opera “Champion” for the 2021-22 season. |
| 10 Sep 2020 / OperaWire |
| New BLO season will put opera back in the Opera House |
This week the company unveiled both the details of its upcoming 2016-17 season and the state of its search for a new home. |
| 24 Mar 2016 / Boston Globe |
| Boston Lyric Opera to leave Citi Shubert Theatre |
Boston Lyric Opera has decided that it will not renew its lease at the Citi Shubert Theatre, its home for nearly two decades. Next fall it will move its productions to a temporary venue, one yet to be announced |
| 11 Oct 2015 / Boston Globe |
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