Gianni Schicchi 2015 ( 6.5)

Woody Allen's production of the Puccini comic opera at LA Opera in 2015

Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac 2007 ( 5)

While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian.

Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2014

In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence produced the composer's colorful masterpiece Rigoletto for the first time in its history. Verdi expert Gianandrea Noseda conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a production that marked the return of the Canadian stage director Robert Carsen to the festival following a 17 year hiatus. Carsen sets his interpretation of this classic opera in the cutthroat world of the circus. Based on Victor Hugo's play Le roi s’amuse, Verdi's opera in three acts Rigoletto premiered in 1851. Similar to the play that inspired it, the opera faced censorship because of its controversial subject of libertinism at court. The opera’s tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunchbacked court jester Rigoletto, and the jester’s beautiful daughter, Gilda.

Love for Brunch 2017

Anna went out last night and fell in love with Silvia. Now, Anna is tasting the internal debate of “Should I text her?” and getting the yummy flavor of “Would she be into girls too?”

Cotard 2019 ( 10)

Vera is trapped in the chilling grip of Cotard's syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that convinces her she is dead. She perceives the world as a decaying, lifeless realm, a reflection of her own internal state. In her delusion, humanity itself has perished, leaving her a solitary phantom in a desolate landscape. Within this morbid reality, a flicker of something unexpected arises: a fragile, almost imperceptible hope. It could be a memory, a fleeting sensation, or even a twisted manifestation of her illness.

Palitan 2021 ( 5.222)

When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once best friends and lovers.

El Viaje 2023 ( 7)

Aquí es el Paso 2022