Vögelchen is not a licensed opera reviewer, but he does have opinions, which he will give below. For the actual reviews, see the following links:
Ken Keuffel’s insightful review:
And I completely agree with reviewer Peter Perret’s assessment that “The Piedmont Opera continues its stellar trajectory with its current production of Robert Ward's The Crucible.” For Peter’s review, see
I’ve spoken with several first time opera goers who attended The Crucible and who were impressed. How about that! What is Winston-Salem becoming? An opera town? People are attending their first operas, and these aren’t even main repertoire operas. I love it. It’s nice to live in a town that doesn’t only produce Mozart operas. The last 2 operas in this town were Robert Ward’s The Crucible and Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor.
I truly enjoyed The Crucible on opening night. It’s difficult to discuss all of the singers with such a huge cast, but I would like to single out Janine Hawley’s performance as especially powerful. She was able to convey not only the meekness of long-suffering Elizabeth Proctor, but also Elizabeth’s all-knowing strength. Well done Janine. I would also like to compliment the entire list of Fletcher Opera Institute singers; let’s just say that there was no step down from the pros to the younger singers. The evenness in the superb casting made the evening that much better, and the Piedmont Opera audiences have come to expect such evenness in casting.
Overall, this Crucible experience has been fantastic for the Piedmont Triad, and I hope that the house if full tonight for the final show.
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