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Review: In Lyric’s ‘Aida,’ love’s consequences become the story
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoReginald Smith Jr., fresh from playing (older) Emile in Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” is...
Glimmerglass Festival names new director
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 26—The Glimmerglass Festival announced Wednesday, May 25, that Robert Ainsley was appointed as the company's next artistic and general director. Ainsley will succeed Francesca Zambello, ...
A ‘hidden figure’ no more. Meet NC native who founded nation’s first Black opera company
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAdd N.C. native Mary Cardwell Dawson’s name to the list of “hidden figures” of Black history who are...
Richfield Springs is bringing back its 'Concerts In The Park'
Times Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRichfield Springs has announced the return of its "Concerts In The Park" series, with the concerts being held at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in Spring Par on U.S. Route 20. The concerts will be free for ...
This tenor has sung in more than 150 L.A. Opera shows. After 'Aida,' he'll take a final bow
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen 'Aida' closes on June 12, L.A. Opera tenor George Sterne will step down from his post after...
Commentary: Why two theatrical extravaganzas bode well for the state of opera in L.A.
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Los Angeles Opera is hosting "Aida" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion through June 12. (Dania...
‘Songbird’ Review: Making Offenbach Swing in Washington
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoThe composer’s operetta ‘La Périchole’ gets a smartly trimmed adaptation set during the Prohibition...
Ginsburg's tea set, coat, other items raise $800K for opera
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's silver tea set is going to a family with a 5-year-old daughter who...
Six picks for your L.A. weekend: 'Hamlet,' Verdi's 'Aida,' a bug fair and more
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo classic tragedies — one theatrical, the other operatic — and a celebration of all things entomological make our short list of Southern California cultural offerings this weekend. Before ...
Review: ‘West Side Story’ is back at Lyric Opera, a classic for our moment
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor me, having seen “West Side Story” scores of times, the most exciting moment of the show is the first note of “Maria.” That’s partly because that Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim composition ...
