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“Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy,” by David E. Weaver is available from the University Press of Mississippi ...

Music is a healing tool, and we want to do this to give people hope,” conductor Alvise Casellati said. “We want to give a ...

Lately, people have been talking about Washington National Opera for other reasons, too. After premiering much-discussed new operas like Blue and Grounded, it’s also welcoming an acclaimed new music ...

In any form, Shakespeare’s Macbeth carries a whiff of superstition and a presentiment of bad luck. Washington National Opera’s current production of Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic version, its first ...

The lowest point is the highest point in Washington National Opera’s new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Deep in Pizarro’s dungeon, a woebegone Florestan — powerfully sung by ...

Washington National Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ struggles to break free. Irish soprano Sinéad Campbell Wallace leads a strong cast in Francesca Zambello’s new vision of Beethoven’s sole opera.

Robert Spano to Lead Washington National Opera as Music Director. The veteran conductor, who won acclaim as a champion of new music at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will begin a three-year term ...

Dancers perform at a dress rehearsal of the Washington National Opera's production of Puccini's Turandot at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on May 8, 2024.

“Grounded,” a two-act opera by Jeanine Tesori and George Brant, which had its world premiere at the Washington National Opera on Saturday, is based on a 2013 monodrama by Mr. Brant in which an ...