NEW ORLEANS New Orleans Opera (NOO) promoted its production of Blue as “the southern premiere of the most talked-about new American opera.” I’d been meaning to get back to the Crescent City to see it once more after leaving it in 1978 (45 years ago!) when I finished up my last degree at Tu.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. “Arguably the world’s most popular 21st-century opera and art song composer,” says The Wall Street Journal. With such titles as Dead Man Walking, Great Scott, It’s a Wonderful Life and Moby-Dick to his credits, the WSJ may well be correct in its judgment.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. Any number of milestones are marked with the current West Coast premiere production of Nikkole Salter’s Lines in the Dust (seen opening night, Nov. 4). First, a word about the playwright, an OBIE Award-winner and author of eight full-length plays.
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