If you’ve been hesitant to give Lyric Opera Baltimore any attention (and from the empty seats Friday night, I’d say that means a whole lot of you), the company’s season-ending presentation of Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” ought to...
The Baltimore Sun When it comes to tragedy, it’s still hard to beat the one about “a pair of star-crossed lovers” named Romeo and Juliet, who defy their feuding families and are denied happiness by a dreadful series of circumstances. If there’s...
DC Metro Theatre Arts How should we deal with the storms of life? Should we go through life content and yet oblivious to the suffering of ourselves and others? Or, do we allow ourselves psychic disturbance over the plight of the world? Should we play the role of...
Communities Digital News The Virginia Opera’s wonderful, grand opera-era production of French composer Charles Gounod’s somewhat neglected 1867 classic, “Roméo et Juliette,” ended its statewide run at Richmond’s Carpenter Center this past weekend. Based, with...
Center for the Arts announces next season’s ‘Great Performances.’ Once again, George Mason University Center for the Arts will dazzle audiences with a wide array of celebrated artists from around the world with its upcoming 2016-17 “Great Performances” series....