Sabina Cvilak and Jurgita Adamonyte in Così fan Tutte.By Greg StepanichThe Palm Beach Opera is closing its three-year survey of the Mozart-Da Ponte operas with a somewhat minimalist but well-staged and ably sung production of Così fan Tutte.Friday night found a cast of young, handsome singers working inside a Stephen Lawless reading of the opera that was easy to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
PB Opera’s ‘Cosi’ well-sung, craftily staged
The Palm Beach Opera is closing its three-year survey of the Mozart-Da Ponte operas with a somewhat minimalist but well-staged and ably sung production of Così fan Tutte. Friday night found a cast of young, handsome singers working inside a Stephen Lawless reading of the opera that was easy to understand, almost plausible, and full of smart, interesting stage business that … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 25-27
Sabina Cvilak, David Adam Moore, Matteo Peirone, Norman Shankle and Jurgita Adamonytein Cosi fan Tutte.Music: Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote three operas with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Palm Beach Opera has presented the first two – Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni – over the past two seasons. Tonight, the company presents the last of the Mozart/Da Ponte … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 25-27
Music: Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote three operas with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Palm Beach Opera has presented the first two – Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni – over the past two seasons. Tonight, the company presents the last of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas, Cosi fan Tutte. In some ways the most important and radical of the three, it’s written to an original libretto and deals … [Read more...]
Theater feature: ‘Next Fall’ marks Hall’s return to Caldwell director’s chair
Tom Wahl and Josh Canfield in Next Fall.(Photo by Dustin Hamilton)By Hap ErsteinMore than a year and a half ago, Caldwell Theatre co-founder Michael Hall handed off the artistic reins of the Boca Raton stage company he had run for 36 years. But he suspected it was just a matter of time before we would be back directing a production there, and that time is … [Read more...]
‘Next Fall’ marks Hall’s return to Caldwell director’s chair
s More than a year and a half ago, Caldwell Theatre co-founder Michael Hall handed off the artistic reins of the Boca Raton stage company he had run for 36 years. But he suspected it was just a matter of time before we would be back directing a production there, and that time is now. Opening Friday evening is Hall’s staging of Next Fall, the Tony Award-nominated play from … [Read more...]
Film feature: Documentary chronicles life in dance, photography
Steven Caras sets up a shot.By Hap ErsteinThe old saying, attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald, declares that there are no second acts in American life.But West Palm Beach’s Steve Caras has had a second, third and fourth life, re-inventing himself at regular intervals or at least tackling and mastering new careers.He began as a classical dancer in the New York City … [Read more...]
Documentary chronicles life of dance and photography
The old saying, attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald, declares that there are no second acts in American life. But West Palm Beach’s Steve Caras has had a second, third and fourth life, re-inventing himself at regular intervals or at least tackling and mastering new careers. He began as a classical dancer in the New York City Ballet, mentored by the great George Balanchine as … [Read more...]
Art review: ‘Extraordinary’ apt word for Flagler’s Urban retrospective
The Ziegfeld Theatre (1926-27), designed by Joseph Urban. Demolished in 1966.By Gretel SarmientoCertain media, subjects and sizes benefit an artist more than others. And something in the creation process usually gets lost, while going from one to another. Some highlight skill while others harm it. Some encourage innovation while others enforce limits.It is … [Read more...]
‘Extraordinary’ apt description for Flagler’s Urban retrospective
Certain media, subjects and sizes benefit an artist more than others. And something in the creation process usually gets lost, while going from one to another. Some highlight skill while others harm it. Some encourage innovation while others enforce limits. It is hard to be consistently extraordinary. But the Flagler Museum’s current show focuses on a man who was. Named … [Read more...]