Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Virginia Opera

DC Metro Theatre Arts Few stories have been as revised, re-told and reconstructed as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But a rendition that is not as performed as it should be is the 19th century opera by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod. Luckily for local...

Fairfax County community calendar, Feb. 11-18, 2016

February 10 THURSDAY, FEB. 11 Parkinson aquatic exercise classes For people living with the disease. Thursdays and Tuesdays at 10-11 a.m. Woodlands Retirement Community, 4320 Forest Hill Dr., Fairfax. Sonia Grow , 703-378-7221. FlamingosInTraining.com. Registration...

QUEERY: Andrew McLaughlin

February 11, 2016 at 3:50 pm EST | by Joey DiGuglielmo Andrew McLaughlin is thriving in his field of opera. “I am fascinated by opera’s ability to synthesize so many art forms,” says the Canton, Pa., native. “By integrating singing with theater, dance and symphony,...

OPERA NEWS La Bohème

La Bohème FAIRFAX, VA Virginia Opera 11/14/15 VIRGINIA OPERA’S NOVEMBER 14 performance of La Bohème at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts—dedicated to the memory of victims of the terror attacks that had occurred the night before in Paris—could not...