A review of Virginia Opera’s Orphée; a piece that can play with our web of current cultural references while still addressing universal themes that one would expect from a reworking of Orpheus.

Tomorrow should be a fun day for those of us oddly obsessed with the future of this far-too-holy port town they call Norfolk, Virginia…

Our run-on sentence review: Appropriate and fun for the whole family with a magical set that conjures a world at turns wondrous and terrifying, Hansel and Gretel is an evening where a timeless fairy tale comes alive through the enchanting vehicle of narrative and emotion that is opera.

I am now convinced: pop up art events are good for the soul.

The October dance happenings around Hampton Roads, as well as a dance mini-lesson and interview with Elbert Watson.

An Interview with Virginia Opera’s Lillian Groag and John Demain.

It’s my birthday and I’m doing If You Read the Paper like this and nobody can stop me.

“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.’”

Some days I read the paper from back to front–today I’ll dish out some jewelry and local food, before getting to the pollution and wind power stories.

The first weekend in October proves to be a banner few days for local culture here in the 757. Clicky click for the best of events in Hampton Roads this weekend.

Fikile Mvinjelwa, South Africa’s foremost baritone, has sung for President Nelson Mandela. Last night he sang with Hannah.

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.

Opera’s been around and popular for a very long time, but in the age of constant (and free) entertainment via the internet, will it lose its place?

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

Five ways to learn to love it, as experienced through Virginia Opera’s “La Boheme.”

Behind the scenes @ The Virginia Opera as the chorus warms up for La Boheme. It is one minute and thirty-six seconds of auditory/visual treatness. Trust.

The Virginia Opera is putting on a free show at Town Point Park tonight.