Richmond, VA (October 18, 2016) Richmond native Molly Phelan was captivated by opera at an early age thanks to a kindergarten teacher, parental guidance, and Virginia Opera. She simply, “fell in love with high notes” after hearing a Virginia Opera production of...
Richmond, Norfolk, Fairfax, VA (October 14, 2016) Virginia Opera presents its second production of the 2016-2017 Season with The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini in Norfolk, Richmond and Fairfax from November 11 through December 4, 2016. The exact...
When the verismo style hit stages in Italy, people took notice. BY RICH GRISETStyle Weekly For the first time, opera left the realm of fairy tales and historical figures, focusing instead on the problems of normal people. And one of the most well-known verismo...
A cabaret singer with an operatic voice — or is it an opera singer who does cabaret? — is using both talents to help Virginia Opera get its season off to a doubly good start. By KATHERINE CALOSRichmond Times-Dispatch The season opener is a double bill of two short...
For over a hundred years, Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” has been an opera in search of a mate. Too short to stand alone(though some companies have economically tried to do just that), it is frequently paired with another Italian work, “Cavalleria Rusticana.” For...
