By David Adam Beloff – The Virginian-Pilot Time to go to the opera! “La Traviata” opens on Friday night. Dust off your best tux/dress and enjoy this classic opera at the Harrison Opera House. Purchase tickets here. From the promoter: ...
By Montague Gammon III What can you say about a beautiful young courtesan who dies? : The exceptional party scene from La Traviata. Photo courtesy of Des Moines Metro Opera in a co-production with Virginia Opera Well, oodles of folks have been saying – and singing and...
By Grace Jean – Washington Post Virginia Opera’s cinematic production of Richard Strauss’s “Salome” was a passionate tour de force that etched love and death in vivid bas-relief Saturday evening at George Mason University’s...
By Roy Proctor Special correspondent In 100 riveting minutes, Virginia Opera is serving up Richard Strauss’ biblically inspired kinkfest “Salome” with all the efficiency its bloodied executioner brings to serving up John the Baptist’s severed head to the willful...
By Rich Griset – Style Weekly Few operas have generated as much controversy as “Salome.” London banned all performances until 1910. Gustav Mahler’s attempt to conduct it in Vienna was thwarted after the Catholic archbishop deemed it immoral. The Metropolitan...
