Wednesday's cast claimed a magnificent Sempronio, the old apothecary, in Richard Ollarsaba, whose bass is not only booming but beautiful. He had the character's eccentricities at his witty command.

In 1958, rummaging through the Hungarian National Library in Budapest, a young U.S. musicologist named H. C. Robbins Landon unearthed a treasure-trove of eight operas by Franz Joseph Haydn. The scores ...

Puppet theater was popular during the 18th century. Patrons espoused it, fine composers and writers created for it, the populace came to see it. Haydn's patron, Prince Esterhazy, was no exception, and ...

The Peabody Opera Theatre gave a spirited presentation of “La Fedelta Premiata” on Friday, and should be commended for giving Baltimore a rare opportunity to experience this example of the neglected ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Opera impresarios looking for authentic settings have sometimes gone to the ends of the Earth, presenting Verdi’s “Aida” at the base of the Pyramids and Puccini’s “Turandot” in ...

After a season of dark and tragic stories, the Sarasota Opera closes with much lighter fare that will be new to just about everyone. Joseph Haydn’s “Deceit Unwitted” (or “L’infedelta delusa”) had its ...

Composer anniversaries are a good reason to explore less obvious repertoire, and here Haydn’s operas are in the spotlight. He didn’t have a Mozartian gift for tightly paced drama, but the individual ...

Both stagings kept the spotlight on the characters and droll situations. Field went the goofiest route in Act II of "Mondo," where foolish old Bonafede, an amateur astronomer who's been drugged, is ...