The Kennedy Center Presents PORGY AND BESS, 3/20/2010
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 20, 2010
Washington National Opera presents the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, March 20 through April 3 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $25 to $300 and available by calling 202.295.2400 or 800.US.OPERA, or online at www.dc-opera.org.
The Kennedy Center Presents PORGY AND BESS, 3/20/2010
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 17, 2009
Washington National Opera presents the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, March 20 through April 3 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $25 to $300 and available by calling 202.295.2400 or 800.US.OPERA, or online at www.dc-opera.org.
Goldberg, Jones, Schreiber & More Headline UN Concert 3/25
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 19, 2009
Producing Artistic Director Allan Buchman has announced that it will present a special one-night-only theatrical concert event, Breaking The Silence, Beating The Drum, on the floor of the General Assembly Hall. This unique event will take place on Wednesday, March 25th, 7:30 p.m. - ?International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade' - marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and the widespread abuses of human trafficking.
Lyric Opera Produces LA TRAVIATA, Opens 3/14
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 14, 2009
Kansas City opera fans have been waiting 10 years for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City to produce the audience favorite, La Traviata. On March 14, 16, 18, 20, & 22, 2009 the Lyric Opera of Kansas City will present Verdi's spellbinding tragedy, La Traviata at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Kansas City.
Under the spell of one exquisite party, Violetta is tempted - and eventually swayed - to abandon her life of endless immoral pleasure to join lovesick Alfredo in the love affair of a lifetime despite Violetta's secret terminal disease. Violetta's colored past proves to be a hurdle for Alfredo's father, who persuades her to leave Alfredo for his own good. The pair is only reunited for the final moments of Violetta's life.
Lyric Opera Of Kansas City Presents Their 51st Season Lineup
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 17, 2009
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City will present a 51st season of opera evoking emotions from grief to glee. To celebrate the Lyric's 50th birthday and Puccini's 150th birthday, the Lyric will open its season with the opera that started it all in Kansas City in September of 1958, Puccini's La boh?me. Opera aficionados will be thrilled to hear that the Lyric will produce the Kansas City premiere of Handel's Julius Caesar in November, the first baroque opera ever to be performed at the Lyric. March will bring Verdi's spellbinding tragedy La traviata to the Lyric stage and audiences young and old alike will enjoy everyone's favorite posing pirates in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in May.
All four full-length operas will be presented in their original language with English text projected above the stage.
Lyric Opera Produces LA TRAVIATA, Opens 3/14
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 17, 2009
Kansas City opera fans have been waiting 10 years for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City to produce the audience favorite, La Traviata. On March 14, 16, 18, 20, & 22, 2009 the Lyric Opera of Kansas City will present Verdi's spellbinding tragedy, La Traviata at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Kansas City.
Under the spell of one exquisite party, Violetta is tempted - and eventually swayed - to abandon her life of endless immoral pleasure to join lovesick Alfredo in the love affair of a lifetime despite Violetta's secret terminal disease. Violetta's colored past proves to be a hurdle for Alfredo's father, who persuades her to leave Alfredo for his own good. The pair is only reunited for the final moments of Violetta's life.
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