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THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: Opera stars are in the house, and in Norfolk homes
By Bruce Ebert Richmond, VA, October 11, 2015 – Sometimes the houseguest singing in the shower can be really, really good - someone you would pay to see. Meredith Lustig in costume for “Orpheus in the Underworld”. Credit: Lucid Frame Productions for Virginia Opera....
Hampton Roads.com: Opera singers channel the likes of Kim Kardashian to freshen up Virginia Opera’s opening production
By April Phillips Virginian-Pilot correspondent Virginia, September 25, 2015 – Sex sells, but does it sell opera tickets? “Orpheus in the Underworld,” the Virginia Opera’s season-opening production, scandalized critics and audiences when it opened in Paris in 1858....
DC Metro Theater Arts: Virginia Opera’s ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ by Jacques Offenbach at George Mason University
By Sam Hall Fairfax, VA, October 4, 2015 – I was expecting to be entertained by the Virginia Opera’s rendition of Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, directed by Sam Helfrich, which played at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts last night, but I...
Hampton Roads.com: Virginia Opera opens season with invigorating “Orpheus in the Underworld”
By Paul A. Sayegh Virginian-Pilot correspondent Norfolk, VA, September 30, 2015 – Virginia Opera kicked off its season in high style with French composer Jacques Offenbach’s rowdy 1858 operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld,” given in an English translation by Jeremy...
Fairfax CONNECTION: Sharp Irreverent Fun | “Orpheus in the Under world” from Virginia Opera at the Center for the Arts.
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...
Daily Press: Virginia Opera presents ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’
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 have...
The Washington Post: Virginia Opera’s ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ is almost heaven
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...
Happy 22nd Birthday Virginia Opera | Harrison Opera House (2)
HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY VIRGINA OPERA HARRISON OPERA HOUSE Visit our Facebook link below to see our before and after photos of how far the Harrison Opera House has come since 1992-1993 till now!
CDN: Virginia Opera’s weirdly beautiful ‘Salome’ at GMU
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...
THE WASHINGTON POST: Virginia Opera puts on clever, detailed ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ at George Mason
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...