A Happy Marriage for Figaro

United StatesUnited States  Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Portland Opera, soloists, Ari Pelto (conductor), Stephen Lawless (director) Benoît Dugardyn (sets), Johann Stegmeir (costumes), Pat Collins (lighting designer), Robert Ainsley (harpsichordist/chorus master), Nicola Bowie (choreographer/associate director), Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 6/11/2011 (BJ)

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Musical or Opera? Either Way, Vancouver’s West Side Story is a Winner

CanadaCanada Bernstein: West Side Story: Vancouver Opera, soloists, Leslie Dala (conductor), Ken Cazan (director), Kinza Tyrrell (assistant conductor), Tracy Flye (choreographer), Cameron Anderson (set designer), Alice Marie Kugler Bristow (costume designer), David Martin Jacques (lighting designer), Andrew Tugwell (sound designer), Paul Gélineau (fight director), Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 22.10.2011 (BJ)

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Madama Butterfly: An Overall Theatrical Experience of High Merit

United StatesUnited States  Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Kitsap Opera, soloists, Wayne Wyman (conductor), Therese Diekhans (director), Leone Cottrell-Adkins (producer), Richard Washek (set designer), Marilyn Fuller (costume coordinator), Theresa Ballew (stage manager), Mark Thomason (technical direction and lighting design), Admiral Theater, Bremerton, WA, 25.9.2011 (BJ)

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