Few evenings at the opera start with the orchestra tuning its instruments to the sound of a goose being strangled. 'Monty Python’s Passion' is playing in April. The uniquely British sense of humor ...

With their proven track record, Oppenheim, Sharon, and their cohorts will do the British comics justice and leave their Opera House patrons whistling a tune or two, smiling, or possibly laughing.

In that classic of Western cinema, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the title character addresses a crowd in Jerusalem that has mistaken him for Jesus Christ. “You’ve got it all wrong,” he pleads. “You ...