by Márcio Bezerra Palm Beach Opera opened its 2026 season Friday night with the ever-popular La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini. Premiered in Turin almost 130 years ago to the date, it has remained one of the five most performed operas worldwide. Its simple yet heart-wrenching story, combined with Puccini’s unsurpassed gift as melodist, makes for a most satisfying night at the … [Read more...]
‘Tosca’ launches Palm Beach Opera season in excellent style
For the first opera of its 2017-18 season, Palm Beach Opera handed its audience a gift. In mounting a box-office surety in Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, the company was doing its best to make sure it had a sizable audience for its first mainstage production of the year. And on the afternoon of Jan. 28, the Kravis Center house was gratifyingly huge. But in bringing this opera … [Read more...]
Ebony Chorale, PB Opera’s Young Artists unite in electrifying crossover
By Dale King As genres go, opera and African-American spirituals can easily stand on their own. But what would happen if performers of both long-established styles were to join voices in a single, combined program? The Palm Beach Opera and The Ebony Chorale of the Palm Beaches put that supposition to the test Thursday night in an epic collaboration, a show called … [Read more...]