Oh, Mary Jane! Oh, Mary Jane!

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Grammy-winning Intelligence makes a largely successful East Coast debut at Virginia Opera.

By February 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Better the devil you know Better the devil you know

America’s own Faust gets a compelling operatic treatment, courtesy of DC’s IN Series

By December 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Virginia is for lovers Virginia is for lovers

An innovative score and fluid production by Denyce Graves-Montgomery are highlights of Virginia Opera’s production of Loving v. Virginia

By May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Back to the future Back to the future

After putting a hiatus on their awards in 2020 and 2021 (for reasons that are all too well-known to all of us), the Richard Tucker Foundation Gala returned on Sunday evening November 13 honoring soprano Angel Blue the 2022 Award winner.

By November 15, 2022 at 12:03 PM
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Keeping the faith Keeping the faith

Going into Washington National Opera’s final presentation of the season, Madama Butterfly, I feared that I might be geisha’d out.

By May 08, 2017 at 9:00 AM
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Glass warfare Glass warfare

Saturday’s Washington National Opera premiere of a new version of Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton’s Appomattox had everything going for it but the opera.

By November 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM
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