Press & Updates
Opera Outside | Spring (2022)
Washington Concert Opera and Washington Parks & People are pleased to present Opera Outside, a casual outdoor concert on the upper field of Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park.
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Warfield Scholarship 41st Anniversary Concert Features Tenor Jonathan Rhodes, Eastman School of Music scholarship winner (2017)
Since it was founded in 1977, the William Warfield Scholarship Fund has provided financial aid to more than 35 students at the Eastman School of Music, and spotlighted talented recipients in an annual benefit concert.
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Der Kaiser von Atlantis (2020)
The one-act opera includes seven performers and begins by introducing Death, portrayed as an old soldier proud of his dignified work.
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At Glimmerglass, Denyce Graves summons the passion of an American opera visionary (2021)
Mention the name Mary Cardwell Dawson to opera fans, and most will be scratching their heads. All but forgotten since her death in 1962, Dawson was a teacher, conductor and impresario who founded the National Negro Opera Company in 1941. Denied a career as an opera singer because of her race, Dawson devoted her life to making the dreams of others come true and bringing grand opera to Black audiences.
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Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard (2021)
The Glimmerglass Festival has long boasted two features that made it a magnet for opera lovers during summer seasons: A bucolic setting in upstate New York, and the acoustically splendid, ideally intimate Alice Busch Opera Theater, which has a sizable stage and just 914 seats.
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Opera review: the dark satire of Eastman Opera Theatre’s fall double bill (2019)
In staging its 2019 fall double bill, Eastman Opera Theatre and director Stephen Carr had the challenging task of linking two musical theater pieces with seemingly contrasting plots and moods to create a fluid narrative. But the subtle similarities in theme are what bind "Mahagonny Songspiel" and "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" in this highly intelligent presentation.
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