Henry Etzkowitz – Splash Magazines

Wagner’s “No Love Allowed” Surprises and Pleases

June 17, 2022 Henry Etzkowitz 0

By Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou How can it be that 19th century authoritarian operatic icon Richard Wagner depicts a virtual Me too movement precursor, anticipating 21st century feminist blow back against sexual harassment and rape? A companion theme is European […]

Pushkin and Tchaikovsky meet Silicon Valley in West Bay Opera’s Queen of Spades

May 27, 2022 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou Playing card and human love fortuity are the intersecting choices explored in Queen of Spades, whose pessimistic theme may be more precisely expressed as unlucky in love and unlucky in […]

Opera San Jose’s West Side Story Review

April 26, 2022 Henry Etzkowitz 0

By Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou A punk with a swagger and a cigarette, leaning against a brick wall, takes us back to 1950’s New York City. His peers arrive, breaking into a jazz dance, […]

Pocket Opera Performs “The Merry Widow” with Broadway Panache

April 13, 2022 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou Small Stage, Big Story Far away from live performance for two years, finally we left our house to attend Pocket Opera. Miraculously, it seems that the Covid depression was all […]

“Pride and Prejudice: the Musical” Review – TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern

December 8, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Alice Zhou The romantic entanglements of class differences are a perennial topic. Shaw moved down the social scale to depict a lower-class flower girl and an academic in Pygmalion that Lerner and […]

Lamplighter’s Music Theatre Champagne Gala and Auction Review – Gilbert and Sullivan Renascent

October 24, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou Lamplighter’s Champagne Gala and Auction , created a virtual time machine taking forward the company’s satirical mission into its own culture, completely fulfilling its mission: to be the premier interpreter […]

“Nabucco” Review – West Bay Opera Impeccably Sings Verdi

October 23, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto’s Community performance venue hosted a world class offering of Giuseppe Verdi’s interpretation of the biblical books of Jeremiah and Daniel, the agonistic struggle between Israelites […]

San Jose Opera Die Fledermaus Opening Review – Drama and Joy!

September 20, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

Henry Etzkowitz and Chunyan Zhou “It is the best operetta I have ever watched. It is such a wonderful night!” according to an audience member overheard, expressing a collective response, also written in facial expressions […]

TheatreWorks “The 39 Steps” Review – An Iconic Suspense Film Theatricalized

August 26, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

With good fun for all, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley , Silicon Valley’s 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award winner, makes an auspicious start on its next half century with The 39 Steps. Classic film buffs and Hitchcock […]

Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband Review – Kudos to Pear Theatre Season Opener

August 25, 2019 Henry Etzkowitz 0

The Pear, on Mountain View’s La Avenida Avenue, has once again brought timely entertainment to Silicon Valley’s theatre going public. Daniel Zafer Joyce is brilliant Robert Chilton who has solved the conundrum of high birth […]