Post and Courier

'Farnace' opera offers wonders of countertenor voice

When Anthony Roth Costanzo opens his mouth onstage, audiences usually are a little surprised, and that’s how Costanzo likes it. “It's a kind of shocking thing for people who've never heard one before, ...
Post and Courier

'Farnace' a passionate drama of family, duty and honor

“Farnace” is an opera that offers plenty of opportunity to its singers for the display of passionate emotions, said Wendy Heller, a professor of music with a background in Italian baroque opera at ...
Charleston City Paper

Spoleto’s premiere of ‘Farnace’ brings a cinematic scale to the theater

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X There are several moments of darkness in Farnace, but the show itself never falls prey to the ...
Charleston City Paper

Farnace shows the light and the dark of a war-torn family and society

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Inside the St. Johannes Lutheran Church on a quiet corner in Charleston’s French Quarter, two ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Pinchgut Opera Vivaldi: Farnace

Farnace was one of Vivaldi's greatest theatrical triumphs. Vivaldi’s operas are a unique blend of beauty and brilliance and in Farnace we find the composer at the pinnacle of his operatic career. This ...
The Australian

Brutality on the battlefield in Pinchgut Opera’s take on Farnace

Farnace. By Vivaldi. Pinchgut Opera. City Recital Hall, Sydney, December 4. Farnace was Antonio Vivaldi’s final opera. Originally premiered in 1727, it was revised by the composer for a proposed 1738 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Vivaldi's Farnace

Farnace was one of Vivaldi's greatest theatrical triumphs. Vivaldi’s operas are a unique blend of beauty and brilliance and in Farnace we find the composer at the pinnacle of his operatic career. This ...