FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Megan Ihnen, Director of External CommunicationsWebsite: www.operabaltimore.org Baltimore, MD — January 8, 2026 — At a time when many performing arts institutions are struggling to fill seats, Opera Baltimore is…
Author: Maggie Ramsey
A Memory That Became A Story – Baruch’s Silence at Muffled Voices Festival
“Leave alone, just leave alone, child. He who cannot, cannot. Not every memory becomes a story, and not every story can be reduced to words.” It absolutely feels reductive to…
“A World Of Pleasure”: The Delta King’s Blues at INseries
Who knew that a Faustian story would work so well in an American setting? All I can say after seeing this version by Damien Geter and Jarrod Lee is: Eat…
Washington National Opera Delights with Classic, Opulent, Yet Efficient Marriage of Figaro
“He does not deserve forgiveness who does not give it to others.” So translates the quote from Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto of The Marriage of Figaro, prominently displayed on the…
Loudoun Lyric Opera Takes Giant Leap Forward With A Cossack Beyond The Danube
Eagerly anticipated by local audiences ever since it was announced last year, Loudoun Lyric Opera’s production of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky’s comic opera A Cossack Beyond The Danube in collaboration with United…
University of Maryland Presents a La finta giardinera to Equal Professional Productions
Written when Mozart was only eighteen years old, it seems fitting that a university opera program should produce La finta giardinera. Perhaps unexpected, however, is the professional quality that student…
Romanian Music Shines in Recital with Bel Cantanti Opera Company and Nicolae Bretan Music Society
This month, for the first time, Bel Cantanti Opera Company and the Nicolae Bretan Music Foundation are joining forces to promote the composer’s legacy and Romanian music and culture in…
Shakespeare Opera Theatre Announces 11th Season 2025-26
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shakespeare Opera Theatre launches their 11th Season with a fully staged production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel December 5-14th at Hudson Hall in McLean, VA. Starring Amanda Densmoor as Gretel, Natalie…
Historic Philadelphia Recital Comes To Rural Virginia with Loudoun Lyric Opera
One hundred years after its original performance in 1915, Dorothy Leona Jewell’s recital in Philadelphia received a reenactment this past weekend at Faith Chapel Gathering Place in Lucketts, VA. Jewell’s…
Annapolis Opera’s Don Giovanni: Vocal Performances Worthy Of A Sold-Out House
Who can resist a well-done classic? No one, apparently, as Maryland Hall was sold out for the second performance of Annapolis Opera’s Don Giovanni this past weekend. From the moment…