Monthly Archives: September 2017

A TALE OF TWO AIDAS

This past August witnessed the opening of two distinct productions of Verdi’s historic opera AIDA, one in Salzburg, Austria, and the other in Washington, DC. Each was directed by a woman. Shirin Neshat, a photographer and video artist directed her first opera, the Salzburg Festival version, under the watchful conducting of Riccardo Muti, the purist […]

September 25, 2017 – 2:05 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, from Paul, History, Music, Opera, Theater | Comments Off on A TALE OF TWO AIDAS

Virginia Stage Company’s RING OF FIRE: Epic Entertainment

Reflecting on the Virginia Stage Company’s season opening production of RING OF FIRE, I couldn’t help recalling the first RING OF FIRE we saw, the thrilling Mercury Theater production in Chicago of May 2015. Much of what I wrote at that time applies to the Wells Theater offering: “When Richard Maltby, Jr. was ready to […]

September 14, 2017 – 12:29 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Quotations, Theater | Comments Off on Virginia Stage Company’s RING OF FIRE: Epic Entertainment