Category: Opera
Eugene Opera takes the stage with love and tragedy...
Posted by Randi Bjornstad | Jan 24, 2024 | Music, Opera | 0
Eugene Symphony completes its performance of the e...
Posted by Randi Bjornstad | Nov 16, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
Q: What do you get when you mix Handel, ’50s...
Posted by Randi Bjornstad | May 18, 2023 | Opera, Theater | 0
Two new chamber operas by a Eugene composer have t...
Posted by Randi Bjornstad | Mar 21, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
Eugene Opera ushers in 2023 with one of the world&...
Posted by Randi Bjornstad | Jan 26, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
Review — Eugene Opera’s “La traviata” deserves all the ovations it receives
by Daniel Buckwalter | Jan 27, 2024 | Opera, Reviews | 0
(Above: Maestro Andrew Bisantz conducts the orchestra and singers who create La traviata on the...
Read MoreEugene Opera takes the stage with love and tragedy — it is opera after all — in Verdi’s “La Traviata”
by Randi Bjornstad | Jan 24, 2024 | Music, Opera | 0
(Party scene from Eugene Opera’s La Traviata; photo by Paul Carter) By Randi Bjornstad...
Read MoreEugene Symphony completes its performance of the entire “Tristan und Isolde” with Act III
by Randi Bjornstad | Nov 16, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
By Randi Bjornstad It’s hard to believe — how time flies, as the saying goes — that...
Read MoreVerdict on Acis and Galatea: “It is a fun opera, and I encourage everyone to see it.”
by Daniel Buckwalter | May 20, 2023 | Music, Opera, Reviews | 0
By Daniel BuckwalterOpportunists meet their prey on a busy stage for one more night of delightful...
Read MoreQ: What do you get when you mix Handel, ’50s movies, and space aliens? A: Eugene Opera’s “Acis and Galatea”
by Randi Bjornstad | May 18, 2023 | Opera, Theater | 0
(Above: Scene from rehearsal for Eugene Opera’s Acis and Galatea; photo courtesy of Eugene...
Read MoreTwo new chamber operas by a Eugene composer have their debut at the Wildish Theater
by Randi Bjornstad | Mar 21, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
(Above: Ryan Dixon (left) and Marcus Peterson play Tom Chance and Joe in Ashley Hastings’...
Read MoreReviewer’s verdict on Eugene Opera’s “La Bohème” — smart, compact, fast-moving, and worthy of standing ovation
by Daniel Buckwalter | Jan 28, 2023 | Music, Opera, Reviews | 0
By Daniel Buckwalter My younger self would have had to catch my breath and hold back a tear at the sight of Mimi dying on stage at the end of La bohème, singing one last time, “I don’t know why they call me Mimi.” Yes, I...
Read MoreEugene Opera ushers in 2023 with one of the world’s favorite operas, “La Bohème”
by Randi Bjornstad | Jan 26, 2023 | Music, Opera | 0
(Above: La Bohème is the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers Rodolfo and Mimi. The Eugene Opera...
Read MoreEugene Symphony presents Act II of “Tristan Und Isolde,” part of a three-season production of Wagner’s opera
by Randi Bjornstad | Nov 16, 2022 | Music, Opera | 0
(Above: Eugene Symphony conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong is the mastermind behind a three-season...
Read More“The Dream,” a new chamber opera by Ashley Hastings, makes its debut on Sunday, July 24
by Randi Bjornstad | Jul 20, 2022 | Music, Opera | 0
By Randi Bjornstad If you’d like to see a brand-new opera emerging in its earliest stages —...
Read MoreEugene Symphony presents Act I of a three-year project to bring the entirety of “Tristan und Isolde” to the Eugene stage
by Randi Bjornstad | Apr 18, 2022 | Music, Opera | 0
(Above: Francesco Lecce-Chong, music director and conductor of the Eugene Symphony; photo courtesy...
Read MoreEugene author/composer/librettist/ Ashley Hastings unveils his new chamber opera, “Free Men”
by Randi Bjornstad | Mar 3, 2022 | Music, Opera | 0
By Randi Bjornstad Ashley Hastings, now well into his 70s, grew up in a music-loving family,...
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