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Utah Opera Continues With THE MAGIC FLUTE

by Stephi Wild — February 27, 2019

Utah Opera continues its 2018-19 season with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute, a fairytale-like story with lessons of courage, respect, and truth.

BWW Review: Love and Laughter Warms MN Opera's Luscious THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — January 29, 2019

n the midst of a polar vortex this winter, MN Opera sends an early valentine filled with warmth to the Twin Cities in their production The Italian Straw Hat at the Ordway Center's Orchestra Hall.

BWW Overview: A Look-Back at Opera's Many-Colored Dream Coat of Performance Highs in 2018

by Richard Sasanow — December 27, 2018

Well, it's that time of the year again--time for a look-back on what was worth making note of during the calendar year that's about to come to an end.

NY Premiere Of MasterVoices' Israel In Egypt Comes to Carnegie Hall

by Stephi Wild — November 21, 2018

A major highlight of MasterVoices' 77th season will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 8 pm in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium when the ensemble's Artistic Director Ted Sperling leads the New York premiere of a multi-media version of Israel in Egypt, Handel's timely oratorio of exile and displ

NY Premiere Of Multimedia Version Of Handel's ISRAEL IN EGYPT Comes to Carnegie Hall

by A.A. Cristi — November 13, 2018

MasterVoices and its 150 choristers opens its 77th season on Wednesday, November 28 at 8 pm at Carnegie Hall when the ensemble's Artistic Director Ted Sperling leads the New York premiere of a multi-media version of Handel's Israel in Egypt.

MasterVoices Premieres Multimedia Version of Handel's ISRAEL IN EGYPT

by Julie Musbach — October 24, 2018

A major highlight of MasterVoices' 77th season will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 8 pm in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium when the ensemble's Artistic Director Ted Sperling leads the New York premiere of a multi-media version of Israel in Egypt, Handel's timely oratorio of exi

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Opens The Dallas Opera Season

by A.A. Cristi — October 3, 2018

The Dallas Opera is extremely proud to present the season opener of the company's grand 2018-2019 "Swept Away" Season: Richard Wagner's haunting nineteenth-century masterpiece, The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Hollander), a work not seen on The Dallas Opera stage since January of 1994.

MasterVoices Announces 2018-19 Season

by A.A. Cristi — September 11, 2018

Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the acclaimed ensemble's 77th season, celebrating the power of the human voice to unite, inspire and connect since 1941.

BWW Review: I Like MOZART. Does That Make Me a Bad Person?

by Richard Sasanow — August 16, 2018

Lincoln Center's MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL is over for the season and finished up with a program that was an oddity because it wasn't mostly Mozart (or no Mozart) but all Mozart.

BWW Review: OTSL Stages a Shocking Story in AN AMERICAN SOLDIER

by Steve Callahan — June 9, 2018

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BWW Preview: More Music in the Northeast This Summer

by Richard Sasanow — June 21, 2018

If you didn't find a performance to attend in the first part of this series--or you simply can't get enough operas, symphonic concerts and musical theatre pieces thrown in for good measure--here's more to choose from.

Mixing Military Racism and a Mother's Love, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER Opens at Opera Theatre of St. Louis

by Richard Sasanow — May 31, 2018

AN AMERICAN SOLDIER--music by Huang Ruo and libretto by David Henry Hwang, directed by Matthew Ozawa--opened at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) on June 3.

Michael Christie Leads World Premiere Of AN AMERICAN SOLDIER With Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis

by Stephi Wild — May 6, 2018

From Sunday, June 3 through Friday, June 22, 2018, conductor Michael Christie will lead the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the world premiere performances of An American Soldier, the new two-act opera by Huang Ruo and Henry David Hwang, at the Loretto-Hilton Center (130 Edgar Road).

Works & Process at the Guggenheim Presents Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: An American Soldier David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo

by Julie Musbach — March 1, 2018

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presents Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: An American Soldier with David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 7:30pm.