Boston Lyric Opera - Boston | 22 January 2021 |
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Fellow TravelersBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Flawed Fellow Travelers at Boston Lyric Opera |
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Director Peter Rothstein has delivered a production that seems to shoot electric sparks through the theatre |
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PagliacciBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Boston Lyric Opera's production of 'Pagliacci' is passionate and contemporary |
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Dust off the cobwebs: a rejuvenated Pagliacci from Boston Lyric Opera |
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The Handmaid's TaleBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
The Handmaid’s Tale opera delivers in victorious adaptation |
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Opening performance of Boston Lyric Opera's adaptation of 'The Handmaid's Tale' creates winning formula |
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is a brutal triumph as opera |
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Dysfunction, set in Boston |
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No balm in Gilead |
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in a gym? Boston Lyric Opera transforms a new space |
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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 |
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Boston Lyric Opera does right by ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ |
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Schoenberg in HollywoodBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 6 | ![]() |
The whole fell just short of being a sum of its parts |
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Machover imagines beautiful mountain |
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Tod Machover’s brilliant operatic treatment and modernist-like musical score shine |
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Musical worlds collide with BLO’s world premiere of “Schoenberg in Hollywood” |
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‘Schoenberg in Hollywood’ is a composer biography like no other |
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Schoenberg moves to Tinseltown in clever new opera |
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The Threepenny OperaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
A muffled scream in the night |
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Boston Lyric Opera's The Threepenny Opera is on the money |
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BLO’s cool Opry |
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Burke & HareBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
This new opera wins points for esprit de corpse |
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Highly successful enterprise from BLO |
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Bring up the bodies |
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At the BLO, it’s the bodies in question |
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Attend The Tale of Burke and Hare: a world première at Boston Lyric Opera |
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ToscaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Tosca’ combines convention, experimentation |
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Terrific Tosca! Boston Lyric Opera opens with Puccini |
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BLO opens its new season with robust ‘Tosca’ |
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BLO Tosca tells dramatic story |
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Le nozze di FigaroBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
A wild and crazy day: Le nozze di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera |
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BLO offers a ‘Marriage’ of true voices |
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Composer and cast carry BLO Figaro |
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The Rake's ProgressBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Powerhouse cast lifts BLO ‘Rake’s Progress’ |
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BLO does Stravinsky proud |
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GreekBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
In Mark-Anthony Turnage’s satiric opera, patricide/incest taboos are no big deal |
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Oedipus shrugs in Thatcher’s England in BLO’s opera ‘Greek’ |
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Œdipus by any other name... |
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CarmenBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Love and Death in the Afternoon: Calixto Bieito's Carmen in Boston |
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BLO’s lean, very mean ‘Carmen’ |
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Die Lustige WitweBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
At the Shubert, ‘Merry Widow’ offers an era’s swan song |
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Die Lustige WitweBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Lolo, Dodo, Joujou: Their era ends |
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WertherBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() ![]() |
New staging for an opera of rich-hued sorrows |
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Singers deliver the vocal drama in BLO’s updated “Werther” |
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In the Penal ColonyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Boston Lyric Opera probes the modern psyche with Glass’s “In the Penal Colony” |
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A harrowing story that’s worth hearing |
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La bohèmeBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
La Bohème rides new wave |
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A Puccini classic reimagined in Paris of 1968 |
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Boston Lyric Opera breathes new life into ‘La Bohème’ |
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Don GiovanniBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Duncan Rock redeems BLO’s ‘Don Giovanni’ |
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Fine singing lifts BLO’s feminist retooling of “Don Giovanni” |
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Kat'a KabanovaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
BLO offers Boston’s first staging of ‘Katya Kabanova’ |
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Alvarez magnificent in BLO’s mixed premiere of Janacek’s “Katya” |
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Le vin herbéBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
BLO serves up a poignant, captivating performance of Frank Martin rarity |
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Aesthetic reclamation of Tristan tales from BLO |
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I PuritaniBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
BLO strikes a pose with 'I Puritani' |
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Soprano provides the highlights in BLO’s uneven “Puritani” |
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RigolettoBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Lyric Opera offers energetic, traditional ‘Rigoletto’ |
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A fine cast does justice to an unjust world in BLO’s “Rigoletto” |
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Lizzie BordenBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
‘Lizzie Borden’ at the Castle, roiling beneath the veil |
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Die ZauberflöteBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Appealing young cast lifts Boston Lyric Opera’s season-opening “Magic Flute” |
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Der Fliegende HolländerBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
BLO’s ‘Dutchman’ brings Wagner back to Boston |
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Fine singing overcomes heavy-handed Freudianism in BLO’s “Flying Dutchman” |
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Così fan tutteBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’ is delightful |
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ClemencyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
BLO’s Opera Annex premieres MacMillan’s ‘Clemency’ |
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Madama ButterflyBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
BLO’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ production soars despite flaws |
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BLO’s ‘Butterfly’ insistently, lyrically dramatic |
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Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' opens Boston Lyric Opera's 2012-2013 season |
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Boston Lyric Opera launches season with a largely successful “Butterfly” |
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The InspectorBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Boston Lyric Opera closes season successfully with comical “Inspector” |
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Il barbiere di SivigliaBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Cutting it close |
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Boston Lyric Opera’s “Barber” is a sparkling triumph |
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The LighthouseBoston Lyric OperaNo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
The singing was uniformly excellent in Boston Lyric Opera’s taut production of this psychologically thriller |
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Did they crumble into thin air? Only the fog could tell |
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Boston Lyric Opera serves Maxwell Davies well with haunting, effective “Lighthouse” |
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BLO keeps a light on for the less traditional |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Boston Lyric Opera receives $5 million grant |
Boston Lyric Opera has received a $5 million gift from the Calderwood Charitable Foundation, both organizations have announced. |
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Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘La Traviata’: ‘sexy and risque’ |
Set designer Julia Noulin-Merat, a Boston University grad based in New York, is bringing a youthful, decadent vibe to the October production. |
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