...With Bated Breath

OMG! Guess what just landed in my inbox?! The 2012-13 season from Lyric Opera! Let me just say, what an INCREDIBLE season it will be! It's seasons like theses that make me so happy that opera is my profession!

Elektra
Simon Boccanegra
Werther
Don Pasquale
Hansel and Gretel
La Bohème
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Rigoletto
A Streetcar Named Desire


A host of headlining international powerhouses carry this epic season at Lyric and there is definitely exciting music on the horizon for this company. I blogged about a few of these operas and their specific challenges, but my personal favorite was, of course the monologue from ... follow here.