Showing posts with label Washington National Opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington National Opera. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Opera "Blue" Premieres in Washington After a Three-Year Delay

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When Washington National Opera announced its premiere of composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson's opera Blue for Marc...
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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Monday, March 14, 2022

Washington National Opera Returns to Stage With Mozart's Opera Buffa

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After a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, the Washington National Opera has returned to the stage. It was not a spectacular opening Sa...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

American Opera Follows Its Own Path

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Washington National Opera’s premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s opera  Blue , a tragic story about an African-American family in New York, would ha...
Monday, May 7, 2018

CANDIDE, ou l'Optimisme à l'Américain

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The Washington National Opera on Saturday presented the last piece of its 2017-2018 season: Leonard Bernstein's Candide , an unmista...
Monday, November 13, 2017

WNO's Alcina Is All About Gorgeous Singing

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For those who love beautiful singing and acrobatic coloratura, the Washington National Opera's performance of Handel's Alcina i s a...
Sunday, May 1, 2016

Washington's Wagner Ring Draws Young and Not So Young

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The night before the Washington National Opera's grand opening of its first complete Ring cycle, I was having dinner with friends who c...