The University of Maryland's "white opera" is a tease. Each fall, the university's opera studio puts on a production with colorless muslin costumes and no orchestra -- it's also called the "piano opera," though for Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," there were bells and a harp as well. There was plenty to enjoy during Thursday night's performance at the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, which was conducted by Daniel Walshaw and directed by Nick Olcott. But one was frustratingly aware that ... (more)