Walking into Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Monday made it pretty obvious that a Douglas Anderson production was underway — there were two Las Vegas-style slot machines on stage, and they were ...
It almost collapsed — and yet Friday’s opening night of Opera Company of Middlebury’s production of Jacques Offenbach’s “Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld),” to say the least, was ...
Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naouri attend the 20Th Anniversary of 'Chaine de l'Espoir', on December 11, in Paris Credit: Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images VIVA! Opera is a biweekly content ...
Offenbach was clever and created entertainment, with simple but effective tunes and effects and patter, a great balance between aria and ensemble throughout the piece. It’s just very effective.” The ...