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...
Opera, like theater, is often overlooked among audiences in today’s culture as boring, long and incomprehensible. With the popularity of film, television and video games, it is more important than ever to choose a piece that audiences can connect with. PHOTO BY...
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...
