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...]
Opera review: ‘Otello’ decent but spotty at PB Opera
Soprano Sabina Cvilak.By Greg StepanichFor its first staged production of the season, the Palm Beach Opera on Friday presented a decent, if unremarkable, production of what is often considered Giuseppe Verdi's finest opera.Otello, which for the composer marked a bold advance toward a seamless fusion of music and drama, requires a kind of singing and acting that it only got … [Read more...]