Seven: “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember to whisper, otherwise you might be in for an ass whipping on a regular basis.”

A semester abroad’s desert stopover through the eyes of an American professor.

“By the time I got married in 1971, I associated love itself with the group.” Classical Mystery Tour plays Chrysler Hall this Saturday.

There’s a bit of an evangelical aura about him, and his audience members at times could have been taken for zealous followers of the master of travail.

Sitting in the Chrysler on Saturday night, I could have been in San Francisco or New York — or Paris or London, for that matter — that’s how good the performance was.

“It’s the audience that’s being satirized in this opera, not the characters,” Winters explained. “When you leave this opera, all you can say is ‘I got punked by Mozart.’”

ODU writing professor Michael Pearson writes of his visit to a township in South Africa. The sight that met his eyes was one he would never forget.

Creative and compelling in everything from lighting and set design to acting, Porgy and Bess concluded the Virginia Opera season on a high note.

Mozart’s 18th century opera is often called a comedy, but if so, it’s a twisted one.

Tobias Wolff once said that “memory has its own story to tell.” Apparently, memoir does too, and Ben Yagoda proves to be skillful ghost writer.

A review of Virginia Opera’s ‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ from an expert in literature, but a novice in opera.

Me: You contemplated suicide at one point? Mary: At a few points. As I said, “suicide is an idea that seeps into your lungs like nerve gas.” It seemed like a good solution to all my problems. I thought, “death – now, there’s a one-stop shopping idea.”