60th anniversary year continues with the organization presenting the world’s finest artists on D.C.-area stages, forging connections across genres, generations, and communities Highlights include: • A Washington Performing…
Choral Arts Society of Washington Announces 2026–2027 Season: “Embrace the Unknown”
Season Features a German Embassy Partnership, a Germany Tour, Beloved Holiday Concerts, and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Choral Arts Society of Washington (Choral Arts) today announced its…
IN Series Presents the World Premiere of Song of Sakuntala
(Washington, D.C.)— IN Series will present the world premiere of SONG OF SAKUNTALA, a new opera presented as an illuminated concert, composed by IN Series Artistic Director Timothy Nelson, this June. Performances will take place at…
IN Series Announces 2026-27 Season: Sic Semper Tyrannis
The season features four operatic reimaginings, spanning 1,000 years of history, that lift up art’s power to unmask tyrants and their tyranny (WASHINGTON, D.C) – IN Series has announced its 2026-27 season titled Sic Semper…
Washington Bach Consort Closes Season with Stunning Mass in B Minor
Composer Arnold Bax once compared Bach’s last movements to “the running of a sewing machine.” If that be the case, surely they constitute the most epic runnings of sewing machines…
Benefit Concert in Support of Local Pre-school, Acca Child Development Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2026 SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2026 @3:00pm “Children’s Corner” – a concert in support of the ACCA Child Development CenterSaturday, May 9th @3:00pmThe United Baptist Church in Annandale,…
Wozzeck as Photonovel at the Royal Festival Hall
101 years after its premiere in Berlin, Wozzeck remains the epitome of the modern opera. It also remains astonishing: for its musical sophistication as Berg’s score morphs from scene to…
Remarkable Performances from Hurn Court Opera’s La Traviata at Winchester’s Theatre Royal
Hurn Court Opera has come a long way since its creation by founder Lynton Atkinson in 2017. Established to showcase the talents of emerging singers on the threshold of their…
A Musically Superb Flying Dutchman from Welsh National Opera
A woman in labour, a birth and a death launch this new production of Wagner’s first mature opera about the legendary Dutchman condemned to sail the seas until a wife…
From the Opera Stage to the Screen: One Storytelling Tradition Leading to Another
For as long as I can remember, opera has been the foundation of how I understand storytelling. I joined the children’s chorus at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm when…