The 14 competitors at the Metropolitan Opera National Council’s Southeast Region Competition look on as the results are announced. Yesterday, 14 young men and women gathered on the stage of Spivey Hall at Clayton State…
Author: Basil Considine
Basil Considine is the Performing Arts Editor of the Twin Cities Arts Reader. One of Minnesota's most-respected theatre critics, he writes the occasional guest piece for Arts National.
Hercules vs. Vampires is not your typical opera. It’s not your typical vampire flick, either. It belongs firmly in that particular category of “something different” – and, going by the amount of laughter at Saturday’s…
Opera director Crystal Manich. Photo by Laura Marie Duncan Photography. This interview has been syndicated with permission from the Twin Cities Arts Reader. Boston Lyric Opera’s new production of Tosca, a co-production with Opera Omaha, opens October…