French novelist Emile Zola’s naturalistic masterpiece of 1867, “Therese Raquin,” teems with so many of the juicy elements on which opera feeds – try adulterous passion, murder, guilt and suicide, for ...

DALLAS – Suzanne Sprague, KERA 90.1 Reporter: When the French novel Therese Raquin was first published in 1867, it was labeled "putrid literature" by a prominent critic for its near-obsession with ...

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Tobias Picker’s “Thérèse Raquin,” which launched the new year for Long Beach Opera on Saturday at Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, is not an easy piece to sit through. You get the feeling, partway ...

In a somewhat uneven cast, Julie Atherton's portrayal of Thérèse stands out by a mile: she barely moves, let alone speaks or sings, for the first few numbers, so strong is her weariness with life.

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Critics have gone after Tobias Picker for not writing a powerful enough score for his opera “Therese Raquin,” which finished a four-performance run over the weekend at San Diego Opera. That is not ...

“Thérèse Raquin” has everything an opera should have, at least according to Andreas Mitisek, Long Beach Opera’s artistic and general director. Based on the 1867 novel of the same name by Émile Zola — ...