Posts Tagged ‘Ralph Funicello’
Shaw wrestles Romanticism at the Old Globe Theatre
George Bernard Shaw took aim at the prevailing romanticism of the later Victorian era in ‘Arms and the Man,’ and the Old Globe Theatre’s sumptuous production, fulfilling needs we might not have known we had, helps him keep on winning over a century later.
Read MoreOld Globe QUARTET Reaches For Past Glories
Can four ancient opera singers once again recreate their triumphant rendition of the quartet from RIGOLETTO for their retirement home gala? Maybe not, if they pay attention only to the tribulations of growing old.
Read MoreLast Knight at the Opera
Following the lead of bass superstars from the great Russian Fyodor Chaliapin to the American Samuel Ramey, Italian basso Ferruccio Furlanetto counts the title role of Jules Massenet’s Don Quixote as one of his signature roles, which he reprised for San Diego Opera Saturday (March 5) to thunderous, well-deserved acclaim . . .
Read MoreNoble Exits Old Globe With Shakespeare/Beckett Mash
For his finale after four superb Old Globe Theatre summer seasons, Adrian Noble finesses the early Tom Stoppard gumdrop, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a mixture of Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett with plenty of Abbott and Costello thrown in. As always, Noble aces it. Gonna miss the guy.
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