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Review: In Lyric’s ‘Aida,’ love’s consequences become the story
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoReginald Smith Jr., fresh from playing (older) Emile in Terence Blanchard’s opera “Champion,” is...
Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini's final work
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEver since Giacomo Puccini died without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,” audiences have...
‘Turandot’ and ‘Shall We Gather at the River’ Reviews: Classics in New Contexts
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoWashington National Opera performed a world premiere production of Puccini’s work with a new final...
A ‘hidden figure’ no more. Meet NC native who founded nation’s first Black opera company
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAdd N.C. native Mary Cardwell Dawson’s name to the list of “hidden figures” of Black history who are...
Review: ‘West Side Story’ is back at Lyric Opera, a classic for our moment
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year 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 ...
San Francisco Opera commissions Huang Ruo's `The Monkey King' for 2025 premiere, based on novel
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe San Francisco Opera commissioned Huang Ruo to compose “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” for a fall 2025 premiere. David Henry ...
Lyric Opera 2023-24 season: Wagner, ‘Cinderella’ and an opera about a boxer
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago’s Lyric Opera announced the company’s 2023-24 season Tuesday, billing the extensive slate as a “global tour of opera featuring a richly curated slate of musical events in six different ...