Heartbeat Opera

Review: A Game of Light and Shadow in Gounod’s ‘Faust’

Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.”

By Joshua Barone

Bumbry, Grace Dancing Ewing, Maria Flimm, Jurgen Guth, Claus Heartbeat Opera Mattila, Karita Metropolitan Opera Nilsson, Birgit Opera Salome (Opera) Strauss, Richard

Seven Takes on the Lurid Dance of the Seven Veils in Strauss’s ‘Salome’

In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history.

By Zachary Woolfe

Ashworth, Jacob Heartbeat Opera Opera Salome (Opera) Schlosberg, Daniel Space at Irondale

Review: Heartbeat Opera Compresses Strauss’s ‘Salome’

Heartbeat Opera specializes in daring reductions of the classics, and this may be its most implausible undertaking yet.

By Zachary Woolfe

Eugene Onegin (Opera) Ghaheri, Shadi Heartbeat Opera Opera Quaid, Amanda Schlosberg, Daniel The Extinctionist (Opera) Wills, Dustin

As Heartbeat Opera Reaches a Milestone, So Does Its Musical Leader

Dan Schlosberg, who for 10 years has adapted opera classics for the company, has written its first world premiere.

By Joshua Barone