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Monday, May 13, 2019

WNO’s ‘Tosca’ Serves Up Classic Opera Comfort Food Done Right by Whitney Fishburn

The Washington National Opera’s (WNO) fine opening night performance of Puccini’s Tosca provided an opportunity for catharsis and reflection, two things our overwrought city needs right…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:26PM

Monday, April 15, 2019

When BSO’s OrchKids Show Up, Good Things Happen by Whitney Fishburn

In the early 1990s, I lived in New Orleans at the corner of Philip and Constance streets. At the time, it was the transition zone between the toney Garden District and the St. Thomas project…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10PM

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Review: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ a Crowd-Pleaser by Whitney Fishburn

Let’s get the persnickety stuff out of the way first. Then we can get to why the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s second Porgy and Bess in concert at the Strathmore Music Center in three y…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:27AM

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Hit the Bars (of Music) For Lunch: Free Midday Concerts in the DC Area by Whitney Fishburn

Food trucks are a fun and a convenient way to sample something tasty and new, but don’t forget to check out the bars – of music that is. Several DC area venues offer bite-sized classical…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PM

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Washington Bach Consort’s Noontime Cantata Series: A DC Tradition in the Making by Whitney Fishburn

For thirty years, the Washington Bach Consort has offered its Noontime Cantata Series to Washingtonians seeking a free musical escape in the middle of the workday, something District officia…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:51AM

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Review: ‘Faust’ by Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center by Whitney Fishburn

It’s been a quarter of a century since Satan came to call on the Kennedy Center, but the Washington National Opera’s production of Faust (with music by Charles Gounod and libretto by Jul…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:23PM

Thursday, March 7, 2019

BSO’s Marin Alsop Defines, Delivers “New Normal” in Classical Music by Whitney Fishburn

Marin Alsop thinks we’re ready for a “new normal” in classical music. That is why the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s music director has commissioned a work by a renowned composer who…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PM

Sunday, February 10, 2019

Not Just ‘Dead White Guys’: Kennedy Center Artistic Directors Defend 2019-2020 Season by Whitney Fishburn

The Kennedy Center’s artistic directorial staff defended their calculus for choosing their collective 2019-2020 classical-music season during a media briefing and panel discussion earlier …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:45AM

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Maestro Antony Walker Previews ‘Le vin herbé’ by Wolf Trap Opera and Washington Concert Opera by Whitney Fishburn

Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, the composer’s operatic meditation on the metaphysical nature of love, sex, and death, is generally accepted to be the “before/after” point in the histo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:18PM

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Review: ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ by Maryland Lyric Opera by Whitney Fishburn

The Maryland Lyric Opera’s stated raison d’etre is to find and nurture good singers, then give them a place to test their meddle on masterworks such as those by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PM

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

American Opera Is Becoming Its Own Genre and It’s Happening Here in DC by Whitney Fishburn

Opera in America has had the stink of death upon it for some time now. Lavish productions of period piece love stories and power struggles set largely during the time of kings and courtesans…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PM

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Soloman Howard: Southeast’s Operatic Superstar Reprises ‘The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me’ at the Kennedy Center by Whitney Fishburn

Growing up in Southeast DC, Soloman Howard had a godfather who saw to it that the young singer’s obvious basso gift did not languish for lack of training and opportunity. “My godfather, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56PM

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