SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An opera it was not, but in the world premiere of “mad scramble for crumbs,” Opera Saratoga presented a surrealist work of vocal art worth seeing, not only because it is ...
The mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor is rightfully famous (and often parodied). In it, the soprano must wander about the stage for a full 15 minutes with a bloody knife, having just killed her ...
The company’s overstuffed new staging of Bellini’s final work, set during the English Civil War, proves a marvelous vocal showcase for stars Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.