by Jeff Maisey | Mar 13, 2019 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montage Gammon III Virginia Opera closes its current season with Giacomo Puccini’s great heartbreaker, Madama Butterfly. Arguably one of the two great tear jerkers in the operatic repertoire – Puccini’s La Boheme being the other – it’s also one of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Festivals, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Virginia Opera’s “bold and different” – even daring or courageous – pairing of the gallopingly familiar Pagliacci with the much less well known Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht Seven Deadly Sins opens its current four show mainstage Season...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 6, 2016 | Other
(Members of the Birmingham Royal Ballet are among the all-star cast of dancers) 1 Spring Dance Gala Virginia Arts Festival April 9-10 Chrysler Hall www.vafest.com Since its inception, Virginia Arts Festival has worked to bring exciting performances from the...