John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Magazine. May - June 2024
Houston Grand Opera's 'Sound of Music' is a must-see family experience.
Even before the curtain went up on its stunning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, Houston Grand Opera had a smash on its hands.
★★★★★ – Cultural Binge “a perfect Sydney night out” – Cultural Binge 2024/03/24/west-side-story-handa-opera/ “THIS exuberant revival of a hit musical born as long ago as 1957 hits the mark with…
read moreDance Data Project (DDP) recently published the latest edition of Point by Pointe, a special issue celebrating dance in operas, plays, and theater. DDP was excited to feature Francesca Zambello…
read moreAs good as I remembered – and possibly even better on second listening. - Broadwayworld.com
The Washington National Opera, where Francesca Zambello is the artistic director, outpaced other big American companies in hiring women as conductors and directors.
Tickets will go on sale in April. MOZART: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K. 366 FEATURED CONDUCTOR & ARTISTS Robert Spano, Music Director Matthew Polenzani, Tenor Francesca Zambello, Director Alan Fletcher,…
read moreDuring Francesca Zambello’s 12 years as the festival’s leader, she did what she set out to do: took on “complex issues through storytelling and music making.”
In her final season as artistic director, she presents a comedic Rossini pastiche, ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘Carmen’ and a thematically linked double bill of ‘Taking Up Serpents’ and world premiere ‘Holy Ground’
“We create shows so people can talk about them and talk about the ideas, whether they’re serious or you put it down to entertainment.”
“Let’s do a Rossini comedy that doesn’t exist yet,” the head of the Glimmerglass Festival [Francesca Zambello] said.
Zambello's New Staging at LA Opera: 'As Good as Aida Gets.'
Beethoven in Virtual Reality
“This is our return to grand opera in the Opera House,” Artistic Director Francesca Zambello told WTOP.
With “Carmen,” the Washington National Opera celebrates a proper return to Francesca Zambello-helmed grand opera at the Kennedy Center.
"Stage director Francesca Zambello conjures a gorgeous world where hieroglyphics by the L.A.-based artist RETNA create a striking backdrop to the timeless story."
