2008 Festival Season Reviews
Kiss Me, Kate
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Das Liebesverbot
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Last updated August 19, 2008
Kiss Me, Kate
Glimmerglass charms with 'Kiss Me, Kate'
Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union
Glimmerglass Opera's ‘Kiss Me, Kate' is darned hot (web)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Glimmerglass Opera's ‘Kiss Me, Kate' is darned hot (print)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Glimmerglass Opera opens season with a racy 'Kiss Me, Kate' (web)
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Glimmerglass Opera opens season with a racy 'Kiss Me, Kate' (print 1)
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Glimmerglass Opera opens season with a racy 'Kiss Me, Kate' (print 2)
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Post-Standard
'Kiss Me, Kate' brings sparkle of Broadway to Glimmerglass
Geraldine Freeman, The Daily Gazette-Schenectady
'Kiss' Me, You Fool
Jane Dieckmann, Ithaca Times
Bel canto Bard wins; Broadway loses
Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (web)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (print)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Skillful Rhymes Invariably Delight
Robert Moynihan, The Freeman's Journal
Shakespeare Drab and Dark
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
Une saison (presque) parfaite au Glimmerglass
Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Le Devoir
Mark The Music
Alex Ross, The New Yorker
'Kate' on the Opera Stage
Richard Houdeck, Berkshire Home & Style
Glimmerglass Shakes It Up
James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times
Glimmerglass Festival makes beautiful music of Shakespeare
Liz Keill, The New Jersey Independent Press
Glimmerglass Times Four (on an Elizabethan Stage)
Nicholas Wapshott, The New York Sun
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
'Caesar in Egypt' packs dramatic punch
Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union
Glimmerglass offers stunning production of Handel opera (web)
Geraldine Freedman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
Glimmerglass offers stunning production of Handel opera (print)
Geraldine Freedman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
Love and danger along the Nile: 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' at Glimmerglass Opera (web)
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Love and danger along the Nile: 'Giulio Cesare in Egitto' at Glimmerglass Opera (print)
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Petrova is stunning in 'Egitto'
Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Post-Standard
Virtuoso singing underscores fine 'Giulio Cesare' at Glimmerglass (web)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Virtuoso singing underscores fine 'Giulio Cesare' at Glimmerglass (print)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
James Sohre, Opera Today
Caesar Reigns
Jane Dieckmann, Ithaca Times
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (web)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (print)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
'Cesare in Egitto' Leaps Centuries
Jim Kevlin, The Freeman's Journal
Shakespeare Drab and Dark
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
Paula Citron , The Globe and Mail
Une saison (presque) parfaite au Glimmerglass
Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Le Devoir
Glimmerglass Shakes It Up
James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times
Glimmerglass Times Four (on an Elizabethan Stage)
Nicholas Wapshott, The New York Sun
Shakespeare at Glimmerglass
Eli Jacobson, Gay City News
Das Liebesverbot
Glimmerglass audience reponds to resurrected early Wagner opera (web)
Geraldine Freeman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
Glimmerglass audience reponds to resurrected early Wagner opera (print)
Geraldine Freeman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
'Das Liebesverbot' at Glimmerglass is a measured success (web)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
'Das Liebesverbot' at Glimmerglass is a measured success (print)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Glimmerglass Opera gives Wagner's 'Das Liebesverbot' its fully-staged American premiere
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
James Sohre, Opera Today
A Rare Glimmer Of Wagner Is Worth The Trip
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
Glimmerglass' Sort-of-Shakespeare Season
Patrick J. Smith, MusicalAmerica.com
Early Wagner: Splendor Soon to Come (web)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Early Wagner: Splendor Soon to Come (print)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Glimmerglass Shakes It Up
James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times
Shakespeare Drab and Dark
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
Paula Citron , The Globe and Mail
Das Liebesverbot, Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown
George Loomis, Financial Times
Mark The Music
Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Wagner's Early Flop, "Das Liebesverbot" Gleams at Glimmerglass
Bob Levine, ClassicsToday.com
Une saison (presque) parfaite au Glimmerglass
Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Le Devoir
Glimmerglass Festival makes beautiful music of Shakespeare
Liz Keill, The New Jersey Independent Press
Glimmerglass Times Four (on an Elizabethan Stage)
Nicholas Wapshott, The New York Sun
Richard Wagner, Das Liebesverbot, after Shakespeare
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, New York
Heidi Holder, The Berkshire Review for the arts
An Early Wagner Score
Eli Jacobson, Gay City News
At Glimmerglass, the alarm is on love
Brenda Tremblay, WXXI
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Star-crossed lovers shine in song (web)
Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union
Star-crossed lovers shine in song (print)
Joseph Dalton, Albany Times Union
'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' vibrant at Glimmerglass (web)
Geraldine Freeman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' vibrant at Glimmerglass (print)
Geraldine Freeman, Daily Gazette-Schenectady
Glimmerglass stages a beautifully sung Bellini gem (web)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Glimmerglass stages a beautifully sung Bellini gem (print)
Stephen Landesman, Ithaca Journal
Glimmerglass' Sort-of-Shakespeare Season
Patrick J. Smith, MusicalAmerica.com
Glimmerglass' latest a success
Joan Vadeboncoeur, Syracuse Post-Standard
Bel canto Bard wins; Broadway loses
Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (web)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Quote Him, Promote Him, Start Singing Him Now (print)
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Une saison (presque) parfaite au Glimmerglass
Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Le Devoir
Shakespeare Drab and Dark
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
Bel canto sublime: 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' at Glimmerglass Opera
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Mark The Music
Alex Ross, The New Yorker
Glimmerglass Festival makes beautiful music of Shakespeare
Liz Keill, The New Jersey Independent Press
Glimmerglass Times Four (on an Elizabethan Stage)
Nicholas Wapshott, The New York Sun
Shakespeare at Glimmerglass
Eli Jacobson, Gay City News
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Glimmerglass Opera delivers a bewitching performance of Mendelssohn's
incidental music from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Wayne Myers, Oneida Daily Dispatch
Une saison (presque) parfaite au Glimmerglass
Jean-Jacques Nattiez, Le Devoir
