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I’ve Moved! 6 Oct 2012 | 10:35 am
Now that I am attending Columbia University, I will no longer be posting to The Bent Nail Teen Opera Blog. It has been a wonderful two years writing here, and I thank all my readers for their support....
CLO Tackles A Verdi Masterwork 14 Jun 2012 | 11:42 am
Every season, Connecticut Lyric Opera (CLO) offers increasingly ambitious presentations of operatic masterpieces in scaled-down settings. Because the company can only draw from a small pool of resourc...
An Absolutely Charming “Così” 29 Mar 2012 | 03:18 pm
Because of their commitment to presenting core repertory operas in clever and inventive productions with talented casts, Connecticut Lyric Opera (CLO) has become a favorite of mine. The company’s rece...
The Bent Nail Goes Abroad…The Sequel 23 Mar 2012 | 03:41 pm
Similar to Spring Break last year, I traveled with a school trip to Europe. Also similar to last year, I took this opportunity to enjoy a performance at one of the world’s leading opera houses. This y...
Ring Cycle for the 21st Century – “Götterdämmerung” 20 Mar 2012 | 02:57 pm
For the past two seasons, a main feature of conversation surrounding New York’s Metropolitan Opera House is the company’s presentation of a new staging of Richard Wagner’s momentous, four-part cycle D...
“Faust” Falls Flat 4 Jan 2012 | 06:36 pm
New productions at the Metropolitan Opera always garner much attention, and many provoke controversy amongst opera lovers everywhere. The Met’s new production of Gounod’s Faust was no exception, and b...
Ring Cycle for the 21st Century – “Siegfried” 26 Nov 2011 | 01:22 pm
A waterfall flowing into a placid pool, leaves cascading onto a mountain clearing, birds swooping in and gliding over water – these are but a few of the images employed in the Met’s new, technological...
Summer Opera Traditions 5 Aug 2011 | 01:12 pm
One of the most melancholy days for any opera fan falls in the middle of May when the curtain closes on the final performance at the end of a Metropolitan Opera season. This moment begins a period of ...
Terrence McNally’s “Master Class” Revived on Broadway 5 Jul 2011 | 05:12 am
A play about an operatic master class may sound like a lackluster experience to any theatergoer not completely infatuated with opera. What dramatic interest is there in a group of young singers being ...
The Bent Nail in the News 12 Jun 2011 | 06:01 am
As publicity for the Connecticut Lyric Opera’s presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca (discussed below), my local newspaper, The Waterbury Republican American, ran an article about me in the Arts sec...
