I was a bit skeptical that the theme of Robert Johnson’s life, the man who created the blues and the basis for rock and roll, would be a subject which lent itself to an opera. How wrong I was! The Faustian idea of selling one’s soul to the Devil in exchange for music immortality is a natural for an opera. {…}
IN Series Opera, a regional opera company based in Washington, DC has presented many remarkable works this season. Almost all the works have represented new operas or new versions of opera in contemporary settings. I have been to the downtown locations of the company near Arena Theater, the Edlavitch DCJCC, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Library and the {…}
Wild Arts releases details of its 2025 summer tour. “Eugene Onegin” features Galina Averina, Timothy Nelson, Xavier Hetherington, Emily Hodkinson, Hannah Sandison, Rozanna Madylus, Sion Goronwy, Robert Burt, Alex Pratley, and Laura Mekhail. The performance is sung in English. Dominic Dromgoole directs. Orlando Jopling conducts the Wild Arts Ensemble. Performance Dates: June 17, 19, & 21 (Essex Summer Opera Festival), {…}
IN Series announces its 2025-26 season, “IN Principio” consists solely of premiering works. The world premiere staging of the Baroque work, “St John the Baptist” opens the season. Local singers perform in collaboration with New York’s Catapult Opera and Baltimore-based designers. Performance Dates: October 4 – 19, 2025 Marking IN Series’ first fully commissioned opera, “Delta King’s Blues” is an {…}
(Photo credit: Richard Hubert Smith) English Touring Opera has announced its upcoming Shakespeare-themed spring 2025 season. Stops on the tour include London, York, Truro, Norwich, Durham, Crawley, Snape, Sheffield, Buxton, Exeter, Canterbury, and Poole. The seasons starts off with a new production of Bellini’s “The Capulets and the Montagues,” by Eloise Lally. Jessica Cale, Samantha Price, Brenton Spiteri, Timothy Nelson, {…}
