The Washington Concert Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The company will celebrate the Bel Canto tradition with Donizetti and Verdi with the theme “Stories Through Sound.” The season will open with the WCO Gala at the French Embassy. Performance Date: Oct 12, 2022 The first mainstage production will be Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” starring René Barbera in the title role, {…}
(Credit: © S. Vinnik Photography) The Washington National Opera’s is set to present Saint-Saëns’s “Samson and Delilah” in a new production. The production is set star J’Nai Bridges in her WNO and role debuts as Delilah and Roberto Aronica in his WNO debut. The cast will also feature rising star baritone Noel Bouley, who makes his WNO and role debut as the {…}
(Credit: Jiyang Chen) The Washington National Opera kicks off its spring period with a production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” Evan Rogister will lead the WNO Orchestra in his first staged production as principal conductor with director E. Loren Meeker leading the creative team. Ryan McKinny sings the title role alongside Vanessa Vasquez, Keri Alkema, Alek Shrader, Kyle Ketelsen, {…}