Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:00 am BY EMILY JENNINGS/FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR Not long ago during the “Pirates of the Caribbean” craze, teenage girls everywhere obsessed over the character of Capt. Jack Sparrow, adorning bedroom walls with posters and even...
Posted: Saturday, April 16, 2016 6:00 pm By ROY PROCTOR Special correspondent – Richmond Times Dispatch From its opening storm at sea to its heaven-bound finale, Richard Wagner’s early opera “The Flying Dutchman” is several shows rolled into one in the...
Voix Des Arts 18 April 2016 PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Richard Wagner — DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (W. Tigges, C. Pier, P. Volpe, C. Bix, R. Pike, D. Blalock; Virginia Opera, 17 April 2016) RICHARD WAGNER (1813 – 1883): Der fliegende...
March 24, 2016 – Virginia Opera, “The Official Opera Company of the Commonwealth of Virginia,” will close the 2015-2016 opera season with a powerful production of the legendary story, “The Flying Dutchman.” Written by Richard Wagner when he was just 26 years...
Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:30 pm By HOLLY PRESTIDGE Richmond Times-Dispatch From productions rarely seen in this country to beloved opera classics that have entertained the masses for more than a century, Virginia Opera’s 2016-17 repertoire pushes...
