University Opera Theatre stages ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’
The Chinese Heritage Foundation of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the San Francisco Opera commissioned the work, based on an ...
In a new opera, a life in music and a struggle with memory loss intertwine
Composer Laura Kaminsky's intimate new opera, Lucidity, centers on an aging opera singer, portrayed by the 80-year-old ...
A rousing chorus and the mighty Kotzschmar make the case for opera
The organ accompanied the ChoralArt Masterworks chorus in performing some of opera's greatest hits. It made for a satisfying, ...
Hilarious, all-male drag ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero to perform at opera house
The world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performs at the Detroit Opera House ...
Review: Powerful ‘Blue’ by Lyric Opera charts the agony of Black parenting
In this opera, composed by Jeanine Tesori with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson, you never see the event at the heart of the ...
The Met Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Star Freddie De Tommaso Talks Travel And Opera
The British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso became a global name by chance. In 2021, the tenor playing the role of ...
Christopher Hahn leads 'a vital part of the community' at the Pittsburgh Opera (Personalities of Pittsburgh)
For nearly 17 years, Christopher Hahn has served as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, one of several arts ...
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‘Blue’ at Lyric Opera: The aching tragedy of police violence
Blue,” the opera by composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson, was to be part of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2019 ...
COMPETITION: Opera UCT Stages Britten’s Chilling Masterpiece The Turn of the Screw at the Baxter
Opera lovers are in for a spine-tingling treat this November as Opera UCT presents Benjamin Britten’s operatic thriller The ...