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Des Moines Metro Opera Reveals New Director for Strauss's SALOME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

Des Moines Metro Opera has revealed a new director for their upcoming production of Strauss's SALOME, ensuring a fresh vision for the classic opera.

Des Moines Metro Opera Reveals Cast Updates for Debussy's PELLEAS & MELISANDE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 22, 2024

Des Moines Metro Opera has revealed cast updates for Debussy's PELLÉAS & MÉLISANDE, featuring new performers in key roles. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Review: UNKNOWN SOLDIER at Arena Stage
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Apr 15, 2024

'Unknown Soldier' is a beautifully performed show with a fascinating exploration of memory, love, and loss, but its main flaw is that it is a show seeking out answers to a mystery it not only fails to resolve, but further convolutes at every turn. While there’s truth in that, it’s also a little dissatisfying, as life itself often is.

Video: In Rehearsal with Judy Kuhn for UNKNOWN SOLDIER
by Joshua Wright - Mar 28, 2024

Watch as Judy Kuhn talks about joining the company of Unkown Solider at Arena Stage. Said Kuhn on the project 'I play Lucy Anderson... She's a woman who has had a fantasy about what her life should or could have been. I love doing theater, it's so collaborative and there's nothing more collaborative than a new musical.'

Judy Kuhn, Kerstin Anderson, Perry Sherman & More to Star in UNKNOWN SOLDIER D.C. Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2024

The cast and creative team has been revealed for Unknown Soldier at Arena Stage. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Alley Theatre Announces The Cast & Creative Team For THE ODYSSEY
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 15, 2023

The Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has announced the cast and creative team of The Odyssey, written by Nobel Prize Winner Derek Walcott. This adventure classic infused with Afro-Caribbean elements runs March 24 – April 16, 2023 in the Neuhaus Theatre and is directed by Christopher Windom.

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Des Moines Metro Opera
by DC Felton - Jul 13, 2022

Starting a theatre company is no easy feat, but for a theatre to be around for 50 years is something worth celebrating. You can celebrate 50 years with Des Moines Metro Opera this summer, which just opened up its 50th season with two spectacular productions. The season opened up a sold-out run of The Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' with Simon Estes in his farewell performance. I've heard excellent things about the production. The opera continued its opening weekend with 'The Voice' finalist John Holiday in Benjamin Britten's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' based on the Shakespeare play by the same name.

BWW Review: (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS by Bates and Campbell under Zvulun Closes the Circle on Apple's Creation
by Richard Sasanow - May 3, 2022

On Saturday night, Version 2.0 of the Mason Bates-Mark Campbell opera, THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS, opened brilliantly as a mainstage production of the Atlanta Opera, in its East Coast premiere, under Tomer Zvulun’s taut direction and Michael Christie’s smart baton. To say the audience greeted the work joyfully would be an understatement.

RIGOLETTO, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, and More Announced for Utah Opera 2022-23 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 22, 2022

Opera represents the full range of the human experience—so it is fitting that people of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences will find relevance in Utah Opera's four productions in the 2022-23 season at Salt Lake City's Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre.

BWW Review: THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS at Lyric Opera
by Kelly Luck - Mar 12, 2022

Mason Bates' modern score underlies this unflinching look at controversial Apple co-founder.

BWW Opera Preview: If You're Dreaming of Live Opera, Here Are Some to Think About This Spring
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 18, 2022

Can we talk—about live opera in New York and elsewhere on the East Coast in the coming months?

59E59 Theaters Announces Casting for BAROCOCO and FIRST DOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2022

59E59 Theaters has announced the casts of BAROCOCO and First Down. BAROCOCO will begin previews February 9 and open February 13 for a run through March 6, 2022. First Down is scheduled to start performances on February 18 and open February 24, ending its limited run on March 5, 2022.

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces 50th Anniversary Season And $15 Million Endowment Campaign
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 22, 2021

Des Moines Metro Opera's General and Artistic Director Michael Egel announced today the repertory for the company's 50th Anniversary Season alongside the launch of the public phase of a $15 million fundraising campaign, 50 Next: Giving Voice to the Future.

BWW Review: PLATEE at Des Moines Metro Opera: An Exciting Updated Production for a Classic Opera
by DC Felton - Jul 13, 2021

Pink, voguing, drag, stiletto heels, opera, seeing that list, you may feel that opera seems out of place, but you couldn't be more wrong. On July 10, Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) took all those and melded them together as they opened the company's premiere production of 'Platée.' While many companies may have taken a more classical approach to this opera, DMMO took the risk of taking a modern approach to this opera. After seeing this production on the 10th, I can tell you with certainty the risk certainly reaped the rewards that go with it.

Des Moines Metro Opera Announces Repertory for 2021 Summer Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2020

Des Moines Metro Opera announced today the repertory for the organization's 2021 Summer Festival, which runs July 2 through July 25, 2021.

Virtual Theatre Today: Friday, July 10- with Kate Shindle, Bernadette Peters & More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 10, 2020

Today (July 10) in live streaming: Kate Shindle visits Backstage Live, Bernadette Peters sings for BC/EFA and so much more!

Utah Opera Offers Free Streaming Of Rachel Portman & Nicholas Wright's THE LITTLE PRINCE
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2020

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth today announced plans to stream Utah Opera's performance of Rachel Portman and Nicholas Wright's a?oeThe Little Prince.a?? The production, which was recorded in January 2019, is available for complimentary, on-demand streaming at utahopera.org starting Monday, June 22, 2020 at 7 PM MDT through Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

Utah Opera Stage New Production of Rachel Portman & Nicholas Wright's THE LITTLE PRINCE
by Julie Musbach - Dec 20, 2018

In January 2019, Utah Opera unveils its new production of composer Rachel Portman and librettist Nicholas Wright's 'The Little Prince' (2003), an operatic adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's novella published 75 years ago