Inventive stagings and impressive cast.

I used to think opera sucks . . . not any more.

If this were the best of all possible worlds, there would be Bronx Operas going strong in every neighborhood of the country, melding local folks and promising youngsters in deftly staged productions of the rare and the common, feeding the grand companies with new talent and helping opera itself to thrive. This is, however, New York, so we must be cheered by the mere existence of this little gem of a company.

A consistently appealing quality of a Bronx Opera production is the engaging sense of community that pervades the performance – without, I hasten to say, any hint of slighting high professional standards.

…seldom have I had so much fun.

People were turned away in droves from the Bronx Opera Co.’s sold-out performance of Douglas Moore’s ‘The Ballad of Baby Doe’…Bronx Opera’s production captured the story’s excitement splendidly.

Sometimes eager, fresh, young singers can vitalize an operatic staple that seasoned professionals take for granted, and this talented cast communicated all the excitement of a masterpiece discovered for the first time.

Consistently first-rate.