A Night on the Mississippi: A review of "Tom Sawyer"
On Sunday afternoon, April 18, my granddaughters, Michaela and Danielle, and I attended the much anticipated opera, Tom...
Author: Michael Cascia
Bats Make Noise at UMass School of Music: A Review of "Die F
The UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance presented an exciting, fully staged student performance of the...
Young Maestro Makes Rare Opera a Big Success
By chance, I learned about a graduating conductor student, Matthew Bertuzzi, from UMASS Amherst, who was producing and...
Revisiting a “War Horse” Opera – Rigoletto at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera is once again showcasing a perennial favorite, “Rigoletto”, in a production that was...
Small Town Fun and Big Time Opera in Northampton, MA
Commonwealth Opera presented Gaetano Donizetti’s famous opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, based on the novel, The Bride of...