ROSSINI’S THE BARBER OF SEVILLE with WOLF TRAP OPERA and LIDIYA YANKOVSKAYA as CONDUCTOR
• February 15, 2019

Music by Giachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Set and costumes from Houston Grand Opera The Barber of Seville is a co-production of Houston Grand Opera Association, Canadian Opera Company, […]

Opera: Expressing Cancer Survivors Emotional Healing Journey
• October 5, 2018

On the occasion of “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” Nueva Vida will honor survivors strength and resilience by holding the event “Opera: Expressing Cancer Survivors Emotional Healing Journey.” The beauty and […]

Performance Arts Preview
• September 12, 2018

By Gary Tischler and Richard Selden OPERA Verdi’s ever-popular “La traviata” — his musical tribute to the life and especially death of every courtesan that ever entranced a swain and […]

Martin – Le vin herbé
• August 13, 2018

Wolf Trap Opera and Washington Concert Opera collaborate on Frank Martin’s rare modern retelling of the Tristan and Isolde love story.

Martin – Le vin herbé
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Wolf Trap Opera and Washington Concert Opera collaborate on Frank Martin’s rare modern retelling of the Tristan and Isolde love story.

Glimmerglass: Summer Opera in Cooperstown
• July 25, 2018

Even with the presence of the open-air performance treasure house of Wolf Trap, and various summer offerings from Washington area theaters — the new musical “Dave” at Arena Stage, for […]

Spring Arts Preview
• February 21, 2018

By Ari Post and Richard Selden VISUAL ARTS SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM Do Ho Suh: Almost Home March 16 – August 5 Internationally renowned for his “fabric architecture,” which explores […]

Two Rare Operas: “La straniera” and “Alcina”
• November 8, 2017

In opera, as in most things, there is rare, and then there is rare. While the opera repertoire is large in all of its modes, genres and styles, not every […]

A Modern ‘Aida’
• September 14, 2017

This production, directed with verve by Francesca Zambello, and conducted with a deft feel for the emotional content of Verdi’s music by Evan Rogister, creates a buzz of its own.

‘Hedwig’ Comes to Washington
• June 21, 2017

The Kennedy Center’s musical summer or summer of musicals seems at once familiar — four smash musical hits — and a little dissonant. The dissonance with the four road-show musicals […]