Ryan Brown, the founder of Opera Lafayette, at his last performance as artistic director of the D.C.-based period-instrument opera company. Photo by Jennifer Packard. Courtesy Opera Lafayette.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — On Wednesday at St. Bartholomew's Cathedral, Opera Lafayette gave the first of two concerts celebrating the 30-year ...

In this version, a team of over 100 scholars, editors and engravers completed Dédé’s orchestration and prepared a modern edition. In this concert version, the material is cut down to a tidy, engaging ...

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Ryan Brown, founder and artistic director of Opera Lafayette — the highly regarded presenter of baroque and classical operas with a chamber orchestra of period instruments — will speak at The ...

For nearly three decades, Opera Lafayette has steadily been expanding America’s understanding of 17th- and 18th-century opera and, more specifically, works of the French baroque. Founded during the ...

Soprano Gwendoline Blondeel surrounded by dancers from Seán Curran Company in Rameau’s “Io”; costumes by Machine Dazzle. (Jennifer Packard) Review by Michael Andor Brodeur There were over-the-top ...

Belgian soprano Gwendoline Blondeel performs as la Folie (madness) in the Opera Lafayette production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's recently completed 18th century opera Io. This week, an opera was born.

This week, an opera was born. But the birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Io has been a long time coming — in fact, it took about 280 years. "We don't know anything about this opera, not the name of the ...