MET STARS: From 2002 until 2021 the late Maria Nockin reported from Arizona, mostly on live opera productions.
SPONSORED: Ensemble. Last Gasp of Boyhood. Roderic Dunnett investigates Jubilee Opera's A Time There Was for the Benjamin Britten centenary.
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PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS:
The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Jim Sohre recently completed a forty-year career with US Army Entertainment, much of it spent in Germany as the Command-level Entertainment Chief. He continues to travel extensively and write about opera and musical events. He is production coordinator for Opera Las Vegas and heads the Young Artists program for which he just directed A Passion for Puccini, an evening of staged arias and scenes from all of Puccini's works.
James Sohre sends the last of three reports from San Francisco Opera
James Sohre describes an evening of considerable Handelian beauty
James Sohre reports from San Francisco
James Sohre sends the last of his reports from San Francisco
'Jenufa' in San Francisco
San Francisco's starry Don Carlo
James Sohre reviews a Britten rarity
James Sohre is impressed by Bellini's 'Norma'
James Sohre enjoyed Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' at San Francisco Opera
Rare Verdi, well done in San Francisco
Jennifer Higdon's 'Cold Mountain'
Berlioz's 'Les Troyens' at San Francisco Opera brings tears to James Sohre's eyes
Marco Tutino's 'Two Women (La Ciociara)'
James Sohre reports on Pierre Audi's production for Netherlands Opera
James Sohre enjoyed his visit to Wexford Festival Opera