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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.

REVIEW: Melodramatic Susannah (Wolf Trap Opera)

by Basil Considine on August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Susannah Polk (downstage, center; Ann Toomey) is shunned by her Tennessean small town community in Wolf Trap Opera’s production of Susannah, which opened last night at Wolf Trap Opera in Vienna, VA. Photo by Scott…

FEATURE: On the Road to the Metropolitan Opera

by Basil Considine on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

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…

REVIEW: Camp Times in Hercules vs. Vampires (Nashville Opera)

by Basil Considine on January 29, 2018February 6, 2018

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…

INTERVIEW: Crystal Manich on Directing Boston Lyric Opera’s Tosca

by Basil Considine on September 25, 2017February 6, 2018

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…

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