Opera
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WNO’s ‘La bohème’ Review: The Crying Game
Swooningly melodic and accessible, the Washington National Opera's 'La bohème' is a reliable tear-jerker.
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Editor’s Pick: The InSeries Presents the Online Opera ‘Everything for Dawn’
The new digital opera series Everything for Dawn is, to quote the New York arts organization that produced it, “a web streaming series of daring...
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The Maryland Lyric Opera’s Virtuosic Verdi
The Maryland Lyric Opera offers a stormy take on Otello as the finalé to its passion-stirring "Season of Verdi."
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Hidden Figures: Virginia Opera’s “Fellow Travelers”
Paranoia, fear, and gay love are at the center of the Virginia Opera's bold new production of "Fellow Travelers."
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The Kennedy Center’s American Opera Initiative Thinks Outside the Box
Silen Wellington and Walken Schweigert infused their queer-themed opera with melody, attitude, and magic.
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Editor’s Pick: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Maryland Lyric Opera
The Maryland Lyric Opera is continues its celebration of Verdi, one of the world's greatest and most popular opera composers.
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Editor’s Pick: WNO’s Free Opera on the Field Presents ‘Carmen’
The Washington National Opera's most popular community event returns next weekend, with a free broadcast recording of the company's Carmen from last spring.
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Editor’s Pick: Washington Concert Opera’s ‘LakmĂ©’
There are no sets, costumes, or props to distract from the operatic score or upstage the performers in any production from the Washington Concert Opera,...
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Opera Star Michael Fabiano: “Carmen is a bully… She taunts Don JosĂ©.”
Michael Fabiano, one of opera's most in-demand tenors, is making his Washington National Opera debut in "Carmen"
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Editor’s Pick: The Maryland Lyric Opera’s “Don Carlo”
 Three months after pulling out all the stops for a triumphant pandemic return with Puccini’s epic last opera Turandot, the Maryland Lyric Opera concludes its...
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An Operatic New Season for the IN Series
The IN Series kicks off a thrilling hybrid season of live, in-person events and online content
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Opera Outdoors presents “the best of opera and musical theater” for free
Washington Concert Opera offers the free outdoor concert on the upper field of Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park
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Washington National Opera brings Cinderella to Opera in the Outfield
WNO's 2015 production is an ideal opera for the uninitiated
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Spotlight: In Series plans to shake up opera with launch of all-digital season
The organization is also bolstering digital offerings with recordings from past productions and biweekly virtual Cocktail Concerts
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DC Opera Review: Washington National Opera’s ‘Don Giovanni’
How do you present Mozart's problematic, sexist Don Giovanni in the current #metoo climate?
