By David Siegel VA, October 1-7, 2015 – Have no fears of flying off into Offenbach’s delicious musical parody of the legend of Orpheus pursuing his wife Eurydice into the Underworld. Be swept away with light, sparkling opera music and terrific voices as well as some...
By David Nicholson Contact Reporter – dbnicholson@dailypress.com VA, September 24, 2015, 8:45 PM – In the mid-1800s, Wagner, Verdi and other opera composers were writing a lot of serious stuff. Along came Jacques Offenbach who decided that he mostly wanted to...
By Robert Battey Freelance Writer Fairfax, VA, October 4, 2015 – The Virginia Opera, the Richmond-based company, opened its George Mason University season on Saturday with a superb production of Jacques Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld.” Of the four or five...
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By Terry Ponick FAIRFAX CITY, Virginia, February 19, 2015 – With sets and a pair of cast members shared with the Portland Opera for its 2013 production, the Virginia Opera presented their take on Richard Strauss’ classic one-act opera shocker “Salome” this weekend...
By Grace Jean Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore” dropped anchor Friday evening at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts, where the Virginia Opera gave a clever and reverently detailed production of the British duo’s fourth opera. Mezzo-soprano Margaret...
