Chiara Taigi and Riccardo Massi in Tosca.By Greg StepanichGood singing can get an opera audience past uninspired acting, but when it comes to the heroine of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, it’s best to have someone who can do both well.And on Friday night, Palm Beach Opera did.In the Italian soprano Chiara Taigi, who opened its current run of Puccini’s “shabby … [Read more...]
Opera review: PB Opera’s ‘Cosi’ well-sung, craftily staged
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...]