Pop Goes the Opera’s “The Merry Widow”

Edmonton’s favorite indie opera company presents the classic operetta “The Merry Widow.” Written by Franz Lehar, this work is ...
The Durango Herald

You say operetta, and I say opera

The MET stages a silly romance in Lehar’s ‘The Merry Widow’ At 11 a.m. Saturday, the august Metropolitan Opera bravely will transmit Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” to the world. A warning: If you ...
San Antonio Current

OPERA San Antonio showcases swashbuckling operetta The Pirates of Penzance this week

OPERA San Antonio (OSA), in collaboration with the Classical Music Institute (CMI), will fill the Tobin Center with jaunty jigs and moving ballads in its two-performance run of The Pirates of Penzance ...
BroadwayWorld

Chicago Opera Theater to Stage DER SILBERSEE, a Musical Once Banned by Nazis

Chicago Opera Theater will present the Chicago premiere of DER SILBERSEE: EIN WINTERMÄRCHEN (THE SILVER LAKE – A WINTER’S FAIRY TALE) by Kurt Weill, with text by Georg Kaiser, from March 4 through ...
Seven Days

Opera Company of Middlebury Films Leonard Bernstein’s Comic Operetta ‘Candide’

While much of the opera world was reeling from the pandemic, the Opera Company of Middlebury was exploring the world of opera as video entertainment. Eight months ago, it released a 10-minute, ...