Palm Beach Opera’s second mainstage production of the season, Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, showcased in deeply satisfying fashion the improvement in vocal casting this company has demonstrated in the past couple years. In a charming, smart production reset in the 17th century and borrowed from Glimmerglass Opera, Palm Beach Opera gave Donizetti’s 1843 comic romp … [Read more...]
Scarlett’s ‘Viscera’ a stunning triumph for MCB
Edward Villella is getting a tremendous sendoff as he eases out of his role as artistic director of the Miami City Ballet, the company he founded 26 years ago. And the rest of us? We get to revel in his company’s brilliant success. A packed house Saturday at the Kravis Center was treated to one of the world-premiere performances of Viscera, a piece created especially for the … [Read more...]