Arizona Opera Tickets

This past weekend's production of Abduction From The Seraglio was entertaining and polished. The production was fun and moved easily, blending amusing stageplay with Mozart's incomparable music. All singers did a fine job, and Rezvin kept things moving briskly so that the production never lagged. An extremely enjoyable experience.

It was a great light opera! I found myself laughing several times, and the music was fabulous.

It was so good that if it comes to town again I would go and see it.

Great music, story, musicians, actors and great voices. Loved the stage lighting.

Whoever believes that opera singers can not sing well and follow a comedic script at the same time will change their mind if they were at the final matinee of Abduction...

Excellent first Opera for me to attend since I just moved to Phoenix area. Am considering purchasing a subscription for next year.

Hearing the orchestra was difficult. There needs to be more amplified sound.

I enjoyed this opera with two exceptions......not all of the arias were translated and this was very frustrating and disappointing. It was sometimes difficult to hear and understand the speaking voices vs the singing voices. Most of the principals, however, were excellent. I was disappointed in Kostanza. Her first solo seemed to be off-key in a number of places. She did improve as the evening went on.

The minute Kostanze opened her mouth I cringed. With a vibrato through which one could drive a truck the subtle lines of flourish were lost or garbled beyond recognition. This is a voice clearly not suited to Mozart. The entire evening was lack luster witht the exception of moments by Pedrillo and Osmin. Osmin was clearly the stand out of this performance.

Great voices! All were terrific. Symphony was excellent. Problems were with he dialogue, which could not be heard. Also, the house lights came on with out time for intermission break. Staging, set and costumes were weak.