A look back at June 2013, when a fantastic group of Studio Artists ruled the Gigli d’Oro Inn and Spa. (a.k.a. Downton Abbey meets Rossini at The Barns) Can’t wait to meet this summer’s artists. Never a dull moment.
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Let the Fat Lady Sing
I guess it’s time for another round of the operatic fat fights. In this corner, a culture that places increasingly intense value on youth and thinness. In the other corner, an art form that is slowly being pushed to undervalue its primary unique asset (the glory of the human voice.) I won’t do a lot
Read MoreWanted: A Home Away from Home
Do you live near Wolf Trap? Do you have extra space in your home? Are you curious about what goes on behind the scenes in a performing arts organization? If so, we have a great opportunity for you! Wolf Trap Opera boasts an amazing community of Housing Hosts. (Check out this link.) Each summer, these families open up
Read MoreSlicing and Dicing
The scissors have been out for the entire month of March. A beautiful opera that lasts more than four hours must be trimmed. (And as so many of us know personally after a long winter of cold and sloth, trimming is hard work…) Yet, the musical scissors must be wielded, and almost an hour’s worth
Read MoreTickets. On Sale. March 29.
Yeah, I know it’s cold. And wet. And dark. But summer is right around the corner… 2014 season tickets go on sale tomorrow – Saturday, March 29 at 10am ! LINKS Wolf Trap Opera homepage Carmen… Outdoors at Wolf Trap’s beautiful amphitheatre. Just thinking about an opera picnic makes me happy right about now. Giulio Cesare… Handel
Read MoreOpera’s Silent Spring
On this vernal equinox, I was planning on getting you on the Wolf Trap Opera Handel train with a juicy post about the controversial process of deciding on musical cuts for our upcoming Giulio Cesare production. But I’ve been stopped in my tracks by yesterday’s opera news out of San Diego and the corresponding outpouring from my friends
Read MoreHandel, Bizet, Milhaud & Poulenc!
There is so much to tell you. And very shortly, I will do so. Until then, this is a great place to start: www.wolftrap.org/opera 2014 will bring us a new roster of fabulous principal singers, a talented group of Studio Artists, an iconic Baroque opera, a top-ten grand opera in the amphitheatre, and two rare French gems.
Read MoreDone with Winter Yet?
When we learned that the best date for Ryan McKinny to sing Schubert’s hauntingly beautiful Winterreise at The Barns this season was March 7, I thought that perhaps we would all be consumed by spring fever by this time of the year. Guess I was wrong. And although I am as ready for warmer temperature as any of you,
Read MoreWinterreise: Chapters 3-5
The rest of the Winter Journey. All of the Winterreise podcasts are here. Podcast musical excerpts by bass-baritone Ryan McKinny and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley, from the 2010 Sydney Festival
Read MoreWinterreise: Chapter 2
A continuation of our Winter Journey. Find all of the podcasts here. Podcast musical excerpts by bass-baritone Ryan McKinny and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley, from the 2010 Sydney Festival
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