Review: AIDA at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Jul 29, 2024
Elephants? No elephants here. Just grand, grand opera!
(Tenor Limmie Pulliam will astonish you!)
The evening is filled with moments of glory.
Review: DAS RHEINGOLD at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - Aug 13, 2023
The outstanding cast and provocative production, merged with Wagner’s indisputably monumental music and drama, made this Rheingold a de rigueur happening
Washington Concert Opera Presents Verdi's Masterpiece NABUCCO
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 13, 2023
On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium, Washington Concert Opera (WCO) will present one of Verdi's first works, Nabucco, an opera that catapulted his career and is considered a masterpiece as well as the first patriotic opera of its time.
Review: FALSTAFF at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Aug 1, 2022
Verdi's Falstaff is another glittering gem in the train of Union Avenue Opera. I'm not a big fan of 're-purposing' classic plays. Poor Shakespeare! He's been subjected to such vandalism over the years with modern 'concept' versions of his works. No, I do not want to go to see a trendy lesbian-Hamlet-on-Mars!
Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Jul 11, 2022
Glorious voices fill Tchaikovsky's masterpiece with beauty. After the tribulations of the pandemic the Union Avenue Opera returns to its lovely home. Here, in the nave of the Union Avenue Christian Church, the company presents first-class opera up-close and intimate. They open their 28th season with a superb production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
BWW Review: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' I DREAM A WORLD
by Steve Callahan - Jun 17, 2021
Juneteenth celebrations in Saint Louis got off to an early start on Tuesday, June 15. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, in collaboration with the Missouri Historical Society, presented a gorgeous cornucopia of music—and a bit of slam poetry—in an early-evening performance on the steps of our History Museum in Forest Park. It was called 'I Dream a World'.
BWW Review: New Works, Bold Voices at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - Jun 15, 2021
The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has opened its New Works, Bold Voices Lab. This is its continuation of a program exploring where the world of opera might go in days ahead. This season’s offerings are three quite different short pieces, together lasting some hour and a quarter.
Seattle's Opera Center Announces Activities For January-March
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2020
As the days get longer and Spring hits Seattle in the first quarter of 2020, The Opera Center bustles with free and low-cost activities for all ages. The mainstage operas attract big crowds Eugene Onegin (1/11 a?' 1/25) and Charlie Parker's Yardbird (2/22 a?' 3/7) at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. But, adjacent to McCaw Hall, is Seattle's newest education, artistic and civic space known as The Opera Center. This state-of-the-art facility opened to the public on December 15, 2018 and is accessible to everyone.
Seattle Opera Presents Eugene Onegin
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2019
Leave everyday life in Puget Sound behind this January and step into the splendor of 1800s Russia. Seattle Opera's Eugene Onegin will offer audiences lush orchestrations by Tchaikovsky, elegant ballroom dances, grand sets, and period costumes worthy of The Last Czars on Netflix.
Seattle Opera Unveils 2019/20 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2019
With a mix of new and traditional takes on opera, Seattle Opera unveils a 2019/20 Season that offers something for everyone. Audiences will experience new-to-Seattle productions of Rigoletto, Cinderella, and Eugene Onegin; the company premiere of Charlie Parker's Yardbird; and the return of a beloved classic, La boh me.