One thing, unfortunately, hasn't changed: Franco Zeffirelli's grandiose production.
This last opera was performed after Dupont's death in a grandiose and exotically dark production at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique in March, 1921.
This grandiose "production" of a 14th-century liturgical text is part of the Italy on Stage festival currently happening all over New York.
Franco Zeffirelli's grandiose 1987 production still elicits gasps from the audience when the lights go up on the glittering imperial palace scene in Act II.
Primarily a hip hop album, it has a languid, grandiose production that incorporates R&B, pop, electronica, and post-dubstep styles.
In both instances, medium-size operas were crushed by grandiose productions.
He joins Patricia Racette, Marcelo Alvarez and company in Franco Zeffirelli's grandiose new production.
What Franco Zeffirelli's grandiose productions at the Met need for sure is big performances to fill them.
A grandiose, six-hour production of "William Tell" planned for next year is in jeopardy because of the budgetary uncertainty.
For his part, Mr. Drabinsky is tired of hearing accusations that he is ego-driven, operating on a financial high wire, interested only in grandiose productions.