Reviews

Virginia Opera's "Barber of Seville" at George Mason University

Mark J. Estren, Washington Post, April 4, 2009

"Ganakas channeled Bugs Bunny cartoons and Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by having the cast, including excellent supernumeraries, creep exaggeratedly around and draw the audience's attention to Rossini's comic absurdities. For example, Jason Detweiler did not just produce a strong, resonant baritone for "Largo al factotum" – he also unloaded a cart and attended to three women in various states of dishabille."

'Barber of Seville' closes Virginia Opera Season

Emily Cary, The Examiner, April 1, 2009

"Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," the most beloved and spoofed of comic operas, brings Virginia Opera's season to a rousing close with a stellar cast onstage, the Richmond Symphony in the pit and a bottomless bag of tricks conjured by Broadway veteran stage director Greg Ganakas."