by Paul E. Robinson

Mozart: The Magic Flute
Austin Lyric Opera (ALO)
Director: James Marvel
Conductor: Richard Buckley
The Long Center
Austin, Texas
Saturday November 5, 2011
Congratulations are in order for the Austin Lyric Opera on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary. The organization [...]

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by Paul E. Robinson

It’s not possible to be in two places at once, or is it? Thanks to “The Met Live in HD,” I virtually spent the afternoon in New York enjoying “Le Comte Ory,” and the evening at the Long Center in Austin, Texas, totally engrossed in Jonathan Dove’s “Flight” as presented by the [...]

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by Paul E. Robinson

I doubt that Gioachino Rossini had airplanes and hot-air balloons in mind when he wrote his comic opera “L’Italiana in Algeri” in 1813 – but why not? There is so much craziness in the opera as written,  that a little more just adds to the fun. And there was plenty of [...]

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