Virginia Opera, The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia, presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical ‘Carousel’ as its final offering of the season. Award-winning director, choreographer and educator Greg Ganakas returns to revive his celebrated 1996 production, which served as his own Virginia Opera debut.
Virginia Opera, The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia, announces the role of Countess Almaviva in their upcoming production of ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ will be sung by soprano Katherine Whyte.
Virginia Opera, The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia, presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s comic masterpiece ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ as its final mainstage opera of the season. The four-act score contains some of opera’s most famous melodies and characters. This production features real-life husband and wife Matthew Burns and Anne-Carolyn Bird in the leading roles of betrothed lovebirds Figaro and Susanna.
Virginia Opera, The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia, presents the Company’s premiere of André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams. The opera is the third installment of Virginia Opera’s American Opera Cycle and marks the anticipated return of director Sam Helfrich, who received widespread acclaim for his production of Philip Glass’ Orphée last season.
