By Margaret Siegrist It challenges us to confront what makes us avert our eyes and what makes us stare. Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto is a joke gone too far, set to some of the best-known melodies in all of classical music. One of twelve operas written together by...
By Margaret Siegrist “One of America’s finest theatrical achievements,” Carousel follows the ups, downs, round and rounds of life and love. Premiering on Broadway in 1945, Carousel was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s second collaboration. Hammerstein worried, “We’re such...
By Erin Osovets During a normal city in Central City, Eureka Street bustles with opera company members, tourists and residents alike. Voices float through the windows of the Martin Foundry Rehearsal Hall, and the Festival Orchestra’s warm-ups spill onto the sidewalks....
