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Coast Live WTKR.com February 14, 2025 HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Opera singers Ethan Vincent ("Guglielmo") and Ashley Fabian ("Despina") join Coast Live on Valentine's Day to discuss their real-life engagement and their relationship on the stage in Virginia Opera's upcoming...

Antoinette Essa WTVR.com February 14, 2025 RICHMOND, Va. — The Library of Virginia is celebrating Black History Month with two events in collaboration with Virginia Opera centered around Loving v. Virginia. Richard and Mildred Loving were a Virginia couple whose...

Bill Disbrow January 31, 2025 WRIC.com (NEXSTAR) -Nexstar Media – the parent company of this website – is launching a series of stories for Black History Month, highlighting significant historical sites and cultural contributions across the United States that honor...

January 31, 2025 WRIC.com RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new opera celebrating the landmark court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States will premiere in Virginia in the spring. 8News spoke with its composer to learn more about the performance. On...

Richard Hayes January 31, 2025 RVAHub.com This powerful new opera tells the inspiring true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, whose courage and love led to the landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage in the United...

January 31, 2025 WRIC.com RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new opera celebrating the landmark court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States will premiere in Virginia in the spring. 8News spoke with its composer to learn more about the performance. On...

January 30, 2025 RichmondFreePress.org Virginia Opera and the Richmond Symphony will present the world premiere of “Loving v. Virginia,” a new opera that tells the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, whose legal battle led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision...

Mike Goldberg October 10, 2024 VPM.org Virginia Opera returns to Richmond this weekend to begin their 50th anniversary season with Mozart's "Don Giovanni." Mozart’s masterpiece is based on the legend of Don Juan, combining comedy and tragedy. The handsome playboy is...

Virginia Opera readies a rock star staging of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at the Dominion Energy Center. Rich Griset October 9, 2024 Style Weekly Asked to describe the protagonist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” Adam Turner doesn’t mince words: “He’s opera’s...

Review: Bold Virginia Opera season opener ‘Don Giovanni’ is Mostly Mozart, plus Diddy City Page Laws October 4, 2025 PilotOnline.com Though innocent until proven guilty, Sean “Diddy” Combs currently reigns as America’s poster boy for drug orgies and forced seductions...