EBEvan Berkowitz

1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Evan Berkowitz, The Berkshire Eagle

   From Hudson Hall to Santa Fe Opera, "Rodelinda" defined by the people who make it (opens the original)

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   On a Dungeons & Dragons character sheet, Eduige looks something like a high-charisma rogue. “She’s the kind of character that will maybe pickpocket her teammates when nobody’s looking,” said Meridian Prall, the soprano — and D&D aficionado — who brought Eduige to life with Santa Fe Opera this summer. “So maybe she’s got high sleight-of-hand or something like that.” Perception is a dump stat; Eduige is too self-centered to notice anyone else. But ”bonus points in the charisma

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2. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Evan Berkowitz, The Berkshire Eagle

   OPERA REVIEW: In a starry "Nozze di Figaro," comedy is still about timing (opens the original)

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   LENOX — The music comes first. Everybody knows that. “Le Nozze di Figaro” tells us as much, its mesmerizing, madcap mess becoming untangled when Figaro sees through his beloved Susanna’s disguise by hearing “the voice I adore.” In a somewhat starry, largely satisfying night at the Koussevitzky Music Shed on Saturday, a few very fine voices proved the point. Too often, though, another canard gets bandied about: that if music comes first in opera, the plot doesn’t matter at all. In r

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