If you want to see an opera based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” head for Gounod’s version of the piece. with its famous waltz and series of duets. Bellini’s I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI is not it.

Rolando Villazón’s lucid and thrillingly sung production of Bellini’s opera stars a resplendent Nadine Sierra. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Teatro Nuovo, which trains musicians in bel canto style, ...

Shakespeare has nothing to do with Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” which is based on a different version of the Romeo and Juliet story. But let’s quote the Bard anyway: “O Romeo, Romeo, ...

On opening night of Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” at West Bay Opera, I found myself mesmerized by the music The orchestra performed beautifully under the baton of José Luis Moscovich, as always at West ...

You've got to admit that the Met had a lot of guts to dedicate this season's performances of Vincenzo Bellini's NORMA (libretto by Felice Romani) to the memory of Maria Callas on the 100th anniversary ...

At a time when most opera companies remain silent, Palm Beach Opera continued its remarkably innovative season with a memorable semi-staged production of Vincenzo Bellini's "I Capuletti e i Montecchi" ...

ll pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act mélodrame from 1826. This play was itself based upon a ...

Terrence McNally has a long and distinguished history of translating his passions into plays. Opera, for handy example, led him to the hilarious and, by sharp turns, tragic The Lisbon Traviata — then ...

Off-Ramp commentator Marc Haefele reviews the L.A. Opera's production of Norma: "If only the production had been as pleasant to look at as it was to hear!" Off-Ramp commentator Marc Haefele reviews ...