Metro Weekly

Opera

  • Naval Maneuvers

    By on September 29, 2004

    Rum, buggery and the lash sail into the Washington National Opera with Francesca Zambello's production of Benjamin Britten's sea-going epic Billy Budd. Alas, if only...

  • Viva La Revolution!

    By on September 22, 2004

    In staging Umberto Giordano's twisted tale of the French Revolution, Andrea Chenier, Polish director Mariusz Trelinski pulls off an amazingly ambitious and yet always dramatically...

  • Handsomely Revived

    By on May 12, 2004

    Aficionados will be intrigued to hear that the Washington National Opera continues this year's season with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's classic La Traviata based...

  • Royal Ball

    By on April 14, 2004

    First performed in 1817, Gioacchino Rossini's La Cenerentola, a comical take on the Cinderella fairy tale, has been recast by the Washington National Opera as...

  • Mais Non, Manon!

    By on March 31, 2004

    Two subtle re-alignments greet this season's returning opera-goers: The Washington Opera is now called the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House has...

  • To Die For

    By on November 12, 2003

    If you see one opera this season, make it the Washington Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Die Walkure. There are very few occasions when you...

  • Powerful Priestess

    By on October 15, 2003

    This season marks the first ever that the Washington Opera has staged Vincenzo Bellini's Norma. And despite the hardships of DAR Constitution Hall, the production...

  • Detraction Factor

    By on April 2, 2003

    Flawed design elements keep a well-sung Mozart favorite from reaching its full potential of pleasure You have to give The Washington Opera credit for approaching...

  • High Style

    By on October 30, 2002

    Great Dame: Te Kanawa with Schaufer. (Photo by Carol Pratt/The Washington Opera) Director Steven Lawless brings us a polished and absorbing production of Samuel Barber's...

  • Emotional Waters

    By on September 25, 2002

    You had better come properly equipped for this season's Washington Opera opener -- Donizetti's mesmerizing Lucia Di Lammermoor. You'll want lumbar support, breath mints, and...