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PORGY AND BESS, World Premieres & More Set for Washington National Opera 2024–2025 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2024

The Washington National Opera will present a 2024–2025 season that pays tribute to the grand tradition of opera, while shaping its future with two new productions. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

World Premiere, DC Premieres & More Set for National Symphony Orchestra 2024-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2024

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: SONGBIRD at Kennedy Center


by Roger Catlin - March 12, 2024

There’s an awful lot of death in opera, Timothy O’Leary, the general director of Washington National Opera, lamented on a recent opening night. And those plentiful tragedies are also often further burdened with overbearing scores, turgid storylines, super-large casts and strident if not shrill perfo...

Video: First Look at Ramin Karimloo & Isabel Leonard in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD


by Joshua Wright - March 11, 2024

Check out the new video of Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos....

Photos: First Look at Ramin Karimloo & Isabel Leonard in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD


by Joshua Wright - March 08, 2024

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Ramin Karimloo's operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird opposite Isabel Leonard, one of America’s leading mezzo-sopranos. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole. ...

Robert Spano To Become Music Director Of Washington National Opera


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 06, 2024

Robert Spano will become Music Director of Washington National Opera. Learn more about Robert Spano and the Washington National Opera....

Ramin Karimloo Will Make Operatic Debut in Washington National Opera's SONGBIRD


by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2024

Ramin Karimloo will make his operatic debut in Washington National Opera's Songbird this March. Songbird is a new adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s operetta La Périchole....

Review: AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: Three 20-Minute Operas at Kennedy Center


by Roger Catlin - January 23, 2024

What did our critic think of AMERICAN OPERA INITIATIVE: THREE 20-MINUTE OPERAS at Kennedy Center?...

VIDEO: Washington National Opera Presents The 11th Season Of American Opera Initiative Featuring Three World Premieres


by Joshua Wright - January 16, 2024

Washington National Opera will present the 11th season of American Opera Initiative (AOI), an acclaimed initiative to commission and present new American operas, on January 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. T...

Review: THE LION, THE UNICORN, AND ME at Kennedy Center


by Elliot Lanes - December 11, 2023

Ten years ago, Washington National Opera (WNO) premiered a family opera about the events leading up to the birth of Jesus in a manger. This past weekend, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me returned to Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater for four performances only. I reviewed the premiere, and it was as good...

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Lost in the Stars
2/12 - 2/20/2016


Lost in the Stars For his final Broadway score, Kurt Weill gave passionate voice to this powerful, uncompromising social indictment of apartheid South Africa. The ...

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