There's one more performance of Portland Opera's Fidelio coming up on Saturday; it's well sung, with performers familiar to Seattle Opera fans: Greer Grimsley (the vengeful prison commander Pizarro), Arthur Woodley (good-hearted jailer Rocco), Jay Hunter Morris (the political prisoner Florestan). Lori Phillips (above) sings Leonore (aka Fidelio). more ›

None of this stuff about "timeless" settings for Tosca: the story takes place in Rome over a specific, eventful weekend in June, 1800, as Napoleon's troops are invading Piedmont on Italy's northern border. more ›