Mozart Miniaturized: Dazzling ‘Matchbox Magic Flute’
• May 30, 2024

By Sophia Hall When patrons step inside Shakespeare Theater Company’s Klein Theater, they are immediately transported to a grandiose opera hall in late-18th century Austria. Faux private boxes sit onstage […]

Washington Opera Society Embraces Mozart’s ‘Figaro’
• December 20, 2023

Grand opera was on full display at the Austrian Embassy on Dec. 1, when the Washington Opera Society presented Mozart’s masterpiece, “The Marriage of Figaro.” Maestro Julien Benichou led a full orchestra […]

A Multicultural Voice at Choral Arts 
• December 19, 2022

“I’d like to start off with a song, if that’s okay,” said Jace Kaholokula Saplan. Delighted by the idea, the attendees at The Georgetowner’s Dec. 15 Cultural Leadership Breakfast were […]

Last Chance to See ‘Till’ and ‘Requiem’
• November 14, 2022

Two powerfully moving productions by risk-taking companies based in Washington, D.C. — Mosaic Theater Company and In Series — are due to close this Sunday, Nov. 20. Mosaic’s “The Till […]

Over Breakfast, Tim Nelson Talks In Series and Opera
• April 25, 2022

How did In Series, D.C.’s 40-year-old presenter of small-scale, opera-related productions, get its name? From all the “in” words — intimate, independent, innovative, inexpensive — used to describe it, according […]

Weekend Roundup, March 10 – 13
• March 10, 2022

Though spring hasn’t fully sprung and we’re setting our clocks back Sunday, this weekend still promises loads of delights. Check out a traditional German ritual at DC Brau, Tudor Place […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, October 22, 2020
• October 22, 2020

Opening soon: a new Addison/Ripley show and half the main floor of the National Gallery’s West Building. Next Thursday, go on a high-def encounter with the Barnes Foundation Matisses.