Joshua Collier, founder and artistic director of Barn Opera, isn’t happy with how many productions of Jules Massenet’s opera “Werther” reduce the characters and plot to black and white. “Lazy ...
There is great merit in an opera that exists for sheer pleasure. An opera whose music washes over you, bathes you in sweet melody while it amplifies the emotional quotient. An opera without much of a ...
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Houston Grand Opera has a gift for opera lovers. But these roses have thorns. HGO’s current production of Jules Massenet’s “Werther,” onstage at Wortham Center ...