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Portland Opera's Madama Butterfly Tastefully Updates Puccini's Problematic Masterpiece for the 21st Century

Portland Opera’s production is a tasteful presentation that, while not confronting the opera’s thornier issues head-on, allows the beauty in the work to shine through by mitigating the more problematic elements of the piece. [...] Pinkerton is played by Luis Chapa, who gives the character the appropriate levels of callowness and coarseness.

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26 October 2019www.portlandmercury.comNed Lannamann

Past Production Reviews

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Carmen, Bizet
D: Lubor Cukr
C: Kevin Rhodes
Hudobne silná a inscenačne rozpačitá premiéra Carmen v SND

Zoya Petrova z operného štúdia svojím výkonom zapadla medzi skúsených starších kolegov a pôsobila rovnocenne s ostrieľanými profesionálmi.

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03 October 2022dennikn.skPeter Blaha
Madama Butterfly, Puccini
D: E. Loren Meeker
C: George Manahan
Portland Opera's Madama Butterfly Tastefully Updates Puccini's Problematic Masterpiece for the 21st Century

Portland Opera’s production is a tasteful presentation that, while not confronting the opera’s thornier issues head-on, allows the beauty in the work to shine through by mitigating the more problematic elements of the piece. [...] Pinkerton is played by Luis Chapa, who gives the character the appropriate levels of callowness and coarseness.

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26 October 2019www.portlandmercury.comNed Lannamann
Stiffelio, Verdi
D: Daniela Parra
C: Felix Krieger
National Premiere
Stiffelio de Verdi

(...) Brillaron la Orquesta y el Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes. Desde que empezó la obertura escuchamos una música estructurada a plenitud, con belleza tímbrica, afinación y armonía, dirigidas con conocimiento en sus conjuntos y partes solistas por el maestro concertador alemán Felix Krieger (...)

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08 October 2018www.operaworld.esManuel YrIízar