Fairfax: Opening Season with Double Delight

Virginia Opera opens its 25th season at the Center for the Arts with a fascinating double bill not previously seen in Northern Virginia. By David Siegel The double-bill includes Kurt Weill’s satire about unfettered capitalism “The Seven Deadly Sins.” It is a work...

Are you ready for some opera?

Opera fans have something to celebrate, as Virginia Opera will open its 2016-17 season the weekend of Oct. 8-9, by presenting a landmark double-bill at GMU’s Center for the Arts, with the satirical ballet, “The Seven Deadly Sins” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s masterpiece,...

Virginia Opera Appoints New Executive/Artistic Coordinator

  July 28, 2016 – Virginia Opera announced today the appointment of Anne-Carolyn Bird in the newly reorganized position of Executive/Artistic Coordinator; she will begin with the company on August 1.  An opera singer in her own right, Ms. Bird has sung on...

The Quick and Dirty Guide to Richmond Opera

With its formal dress, foreign languages and shouts of bravo, attending the opera can seem a bit daunting to the outsider. But it doesn’t have to be. If your closest brush with the art form is Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in “What’s Opera, Doc?” here’s a quick, dirty and...