Boston Opera Collaborative rises to 'Dead Man Walking'

The Boston Globe / Harlow Robinson

...BOC's most ambitious and successful production to date.

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Experiencing opera's power to dramatically change lives

The Boston Globe / David Weininger

DMW directors David Gram and Michael Sakir speak about the redemptive power of music and the challenges of presenting the New England premiere of a critically-acclaimed new work.

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Dead Man Walking

Radio Boston

Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., and DMW directors David Gram and Michael Sakir speak with RadioBoston's Anthony Brooks and Graham Wright.
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Dead Men Walk Lively

The Boston Musical Intelligencer / Nolan Eley

The passion of those behind the production to bring this story to life onstage was altogether evident.
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'Orpheus' operetta gets down and dirty at the Strand

The Boston Globe / Jeffrey Gantz

"Offenbach's forerunner to the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas is devilishly clever, and in Boston Opera Collaborative's free English-language version, 'Orpheus in the Underworld,' at the Strand Theatre through Sunday, everyone has a hell of a good time."
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A Night at the Opera: La Bohème

My Entertainment World / James Melo

"I was lucky enough to get to see the Boston Opera Collaborative's production of La Bohème (directed by David Gram) the other day, and let me just say this: it was great."

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Charming Intimacy of BOC's La Bohème

The Boston Musical Intelligencer / Steven Ledbetter

"This charming La Bohème offered a lovely entertainment with an intimacy that envelops cast, orchestra and audience alike."

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BNN Interviews Artistic Director David Gram

Neighborhood Network News / Chris Lovett

Artistic Director David Gram chats with Boston News Network's Chris Lovett about our upcoming production of La Bohème!

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BOC's Delightful Falstaff

The Boston Phoenix / by Lloyd Schwartz

"...BOC's ambitions deserve our support...this spirited production earns it."
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Second Round of BOC's Entertaining Falstaff

The Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Zoe Kemmerling

"Anyone who doubts that quality opera can be any and all of the following — campy, raucous, sleazy, self-mocking, groovy, tacky, immoderate, compatible with beer and ice cream — should seize the opportunity to be proven wrong at Boston Opera Collaborative's continuing run of Falstaff..."
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BOC Captures Vibrancy of Verdi's Falstaff

The Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Janine Wanee

"The orchestra and cast's excellent intonation made the music sparkle with buoyancy and laughter the way the composer clearly intended..."
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Scrappy '70s Falstaff Promised by BOC

The Boston Musical Intelligencer

"[BOC has] frequently exceeded expectations, looking and sounding far better that they have any right to."
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Charming Cunning Little Vixen

The Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Larry Phillips

"Boston audiences are in for a treat this dismal winter with Boston Collaborative Opera's production of the rarely heard opera, The Cunning Little Vixen..."
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Little Women

Boston Theatre Review / by J. Jacob Krause

"Boston Opera Collaborative is... a great avenue for young singers to show their stuff and I would recommend opera goers see their offerings and have a look at what talent is on the rise."
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Boston's Opera Entrepreneurs

Intermezzo / by Melanie Feilotter

"The sheer number of singers in Boston ensures competitiveness but also inspires new methods of employing and refining their skills...[Boston Opera Collaborative] fosters an environment that is deliberately more supportive than competitive, not an easy balance in the world of singing."

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A Little Night Music

Boston Theatre Review / by Shannon Rosa

"If this is the future of opera in Boston, Sign me up."

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High Craft, Dramatic Heat Spark 'Crucible'

Boston Globe / by Matthew Guerrieri

"Both production and piece rise to the occasion of the play's most potent dramatics…."
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Convincing Dramatic Fodder in Ward's Crucible

Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Geoffrey Weiting

"Boston has long been said to have a love-hate relationship with opera, but I am hopeful this stereotype will swiftly disappear with the committed assistance of a fine company such as Boston Opera Collaborative."
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The Crucible

Boston Theater Review / J. Jacob Krause

"Boston Opera Collaborative is pushing the limits of itself to reach greater heights... They are capable of creating amazing shows and have the talent and resources for it."
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Giving Emerging Artists a Chance: Boston Opera Collaborative Tackles Carmen

Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Larry Phillips

"Boston needs such a group [as BOC]...[the] performance was enthusiastically received by the capacity audience...the audience erupted with clapping and whistling."
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BOC Carmen with a Different Cast

Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Mark Kroll

"The resources of this new and intrepid opera company are limited, but apparently not the talents of its members, who offered a fine performance.... "
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Fine singers, Clever Orchestration, in Handel's Alcina from Boston Opera Collaborative

Boston Musical Intelligencer / by Larry Phillips

"Hats off to Boston Opera Collaborative for providing us with such an entertaining diversion in this Handel year."
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Alcina

Edge Boston / by Ed Tapper

"Whatever [BOC] lacks with respect to budget, the company compensates for in sheer chutzpah!"
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Puccini goes Punk

Boston Phoenix / by Sarah Faith Alterman

"Rising up out of a shortage of professional performance opportunities and artists' programs, several small local opera outfits have emerged, including Boston Opera Collaborative..."
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