News & Reviews

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...

Bad Boy Opera A Mozart favorite opens Virginia Opera’s 50th season Tharon Giddens October 4, 2024 Richmond Magazine An unrepentant reprobate gets his comeuppance as Virginia Opera opens its 50th anniversary season with the production of a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...

What’s opera, doc? Virginia Opera plans a 50th anniversary season full of romance and song. StyleWeekly.com | Rich Griset It’s traditional to mark tenth anniversaries with diamonds. For a 25th, the answer is silver. This fall, it’s time to break out the gold for the...

Read the OperaGene review of Sanctuary Road

Read the DC Theater Arts review of Sanctuary Road

Read the Digital Beat Magazine review of Sanctuary Road

Read the Virginian Pilot review of Sanctuary Road

Watch Virginia Opera's cast of Sanctuary Road on Coast Live