June 2014

Join conductor Arthur Fagen for a magnificent Italian operatic spectacular, featuring one of the most popular Puccini’s opera, Madama Butterfly On July 5th Chautauqua Opera Company’s production revives the “Brescia version” of Puccini’s early view of what has...

May 2014

Arthur Fagen conducts Verdi’s Traviata at the Teatro del BicentenarioArthur Fagen conducts Verdi’s La Traviata at the Teatro del Bicentenario, Leon, Mexico, which opens on May 18. Mr. Fagen scored particular success with Gounod’s Faust in Atlanta...

Charles Gounod, Faust, Atlanta Opera, March 2014

Atlanta Opera’s spring production of Faust at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre began in a promising way (seen March 11). It is difficult to overstate the remarkable improvement in the opera orchestra’s playing since Maestro Arthur Fagan joined ranks with the...