During intermission at Wednesday evening’s performance of The Inspector , something dramatic happened. The curtain stayed up. What...

This was one of Danny Kaye's first big movie roles. Made in 1949, it features Kaye's inimitable blend of broad farce, unrivaled pat...

Boston Lyric Opera invites you to attend our Third Annual FREE Open House this Saturday, April 28 from 11am  - 5pm at the Citi Perfo...

Another facet of The Inspector composer John Musto's talents....a dynamic and virtuosic arrangement of Bernstein's music... intere...

Michelle Trainor as Bombalina. Photo by Julius Ahn. By soprano Michelle Trainor, a BLO Emerging Artist who sings the role of Bombalina...

Michelle Trainor and her cat, Sut. By BLO Emerging Artist and The Inspector cast member Michelle Trainor. Rehearsals for The In...

It turns out that John Musto, composer of the upcoming BLO production of The Inspector , is not only the prolific creator of a body of very ...

It’s hard to believe that at this time just two weeks from now we’ll be gearing up for Opening Night of John Musto's  The Inspector ! ...

The first in a series of posts from BLO Emerging Artist Michelle Trainor who sings the role of Bombalina in John Musto's  The Inspec...

From BLO’s rehearsal hall to the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) to the Boston Public Library (BPL), Boston is buzzing with excitement for The In...

James MacMillan’s Clemency —a Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) co-commission with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Scottish Opera; and Britt...

A very interesting  take on the vexing question of "authenticity" and some points that are quite applicable to thinking about  h...

We've certainly had Rossini on the brain recently and our Music Director David Angus was perusing this facsimile of Rossini's origi...

HAPPY OPENING NIGHT, ROSSINI! ... and so we come to the end of our tour through the wacky world of Rossini ... now check him out L...

Looking for a little reading about Rossini to prepare for tonight's opening of The Barber of Seville ? Check out a couple of articles a...

I guess it was inevitable ... you really couldn't in the end celebrate Rossini without the inclusion at least one iteration of this (...

A disarmingly crazy and charming Rossini ensemble (from La Cenerentola ) strikingly staged by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. 

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Of course Figaro, the footloose barber, goes on to further life roles ... valet to the Count Almaviva (who has in the mean time married ... ...

Another "Una Voce" ... this one with a true twist. Indeed Joyce DiDonato thought she had only twisted her ankle after a fall duri...