Simon Chin
5 posts
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‘Anna Bolena’ at Washington National Opera by Simon Chin
The Washington National Opera’s season opened Saturday with a highly anticipated role debut. Celebrated Verdi specialist Sondra Radvanovsky, in a departure from her usual spinto repertory, took on the...
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‘Nabucco’ at the Washington National Opera by Simon Chin
Verdi’s chorus “Va, pensiero,” from his early opera Nabucco, is a piece that lives on as much in Italian national mythology as in the opera house. Director Thaddeus Strassberger’s new production of...
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Anna Caterina Antonacci at The Kennedy Center by Simon Chin
If Anna Caterina Antonacci had taken a more conventional path, the Italian soprano would likely be enjoying the peak of a major international career. She possesses a remarkable vocal instrument,...
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‘Strange Interlude’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Simon Chin
Eugene O’Neill, as Stephen Sondheim has written, was an experimental playwright whose theatrical ambition soared far above his literary accomplishment, which often remained earthbound. Strange...
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‘Angela Gheorghiu’ at Washington National Opera by Simon Chin
Angela Gheorghiu almost lives up to the hype. At a time when many of opera’s reigning stars are relentlessly overpraised by the public relations machine, Gheorghiu represents the genuine article: a...