Showing posts with label Kennedy Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kennedy Center. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2025

WNO'S Aida Revival Takes the War Drama Out of Egypt

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The Washington National Opera celebrates its 70th anniversary with a revival of its 2017 contemporary production of Aida , in which Egypt an...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Zambello Shines With WNO's New Elektra

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Not since Wagner's Ring in 2016 have we seen such a brilliant Washington National Opera production as Richard Strauss' Elektra on M...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

About Bernstein's Mass

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The revival of Bernstein's Mass at a venue where it saw its 1971 world premiere has been touted as a grand event by the Kennedy Center, ...
Monday, May 16, 2022

White Horse Can't Save WNO's Staid Carmen

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Carmen is a typical femme fatale : a woman who brings misfortune to the man who falls in love with her. She is also wild, untamable and some...
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Thursday, June 10, 2021

Arts and Culture in the Post-Covid Era

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Sometime in May Washington area's music organizations started selling tickets for tentatively scheduled live summer concerts. The first ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Opera in the Time of Coronavirus

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This is a preview of my article written for the Washington Opera Society Magazine, June 2020 issue. Arts organizations, especially opera hou...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Kennedy Center's Reach - Compounding the Failure

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The Kennedy Center is an embodiment of the disconnect between the rich and the other Americans. Perched on a plinth overlooking the Potomac ...