Local Opera Local Artists' La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The company’s take on Mozart’s last opera asks hard questions about forgiveness in a messy world

"...unexpected resonance to the latest effort from LOLA – Local Opera Local Artists – in its run this week..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Opera Local Artists' We Might Be Struck by Lightning

In this new pastiche chamber opera, LOLA takes us on a bold musical journey

"...by Lightning, Rebecca Herman, founding artistic producer of LOLA (Local Opera Local Artists), takes a unique approach to presenting..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Michelle Haché

How Local Opera Company LOLA Made the Play Lardo Weeping Sing

Peter Stopschinski’s 17-year journey to bring Terry Galloway’s outsized, outspoken agoraphobe to the stage

"...a fat lady like none you've seen hits the operatic stage, thanks to Austin company LOLA...."

March 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Fresh Squeeze Is All About the Opera Shorts

One Ounce Opera premieres a concert of new young composers

"...Yes, that’s Austin’s own One Ounce Opera. The ristretto-strength renegades who overdubbed Jackass: The Movie with..."

April 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Flamencos, Mariachis, and Murder Announced for Austin Opera 2023-24 Season

New year kicks off with murderous classic Pagliacci

"...Austin Opera's current season is not yet over, but before last..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is Who We Are #10: Austin Lyric Opera's Candide

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists are already adapting to this situation – many..."

May 19, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...soon know: Is it showtime for a new Austin Opera House, or is it last call for live music..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Opera Probes the Power and Perils of Connection With The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

The local company launches a new collaborative production for the nation

"...think will make sense for Austin." So says Austin Opera general director and CEO Annie Burridge, and that's why..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...Austin organization that's already given over $1 million to local artists since its inception four years ago. We could..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...from her comic show Straight Outta Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, local legends buff up the lineup: Ivy Le, host of..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

Dude ranch antics make this reimagining of Strauss too busy, but when the music takes center stage, it’s gorgeous

"...The desire to liberate operas from their traditional settings to modern-day milieus can yield..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Lyric Opera Makes History With Tannhäuser Our First Wagner

"...big. This Tannhäuser being produced by the Austin Lyric Opera January 12-14 at Bass Concert Hall, is no run-of-the-mill..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Arts Feature

A Night at The Opera: Artists Sing Out at Arts Commision

"...increase my funding" is the chorus this evening as artists sing for their suppers, their marketing budgets, their administrative..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...avant-garde theatre maker Robert Wilson (appearing in his 12-hour opera The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin) – Gold..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 1999/Local

"...8. Rock Opera Soundtrack..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

LOLA's La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The quality of mercy is never not strained in this new adaptation of Mozart's late opera

"...Tito as he's named in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's late opera. As the title La Clemenza di Tito notes, Rome's..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend

On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes

"...of worthwhile diversions from the quotidian blahs available to local citizens (and art-seeking tourists) regardless of any, ah, dedicated..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...art songs composed in the last 25 years by artists who are still living. More importantly, Austin itself is..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Mr. Hatch and Lardo Weeping, the new production from Local Opera Local Artists, including two nominations for local burlesqye..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

'La Femme Bohème'

Puccini's Bohemians get an all-gal makeover

"...in Austin this weekend. In a production conceived by local mezzo soprano Liz Cass (Austin Lyric Opera's Hansel and..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Margaret Perry: A Life of Music

Classical community honors the late educator in concert Friday

"...will reflect Perry's wide-ranging tastes, encompassing vocal music and opera, and chamber music for all kinds of instruments, from..."

May 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Comedy, classical music, visual arts, poetry, wine & cheese

"...Jake Flores isn’t precisely that anymore — the formerly local man moved to Brooklyn a while ago, right? –..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Today’s 575 artists, bringing SXSW’s running total to roughly 948, also foreshadow..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Arty Things to Do: Oct. 27-29

You’ll do the mash? The monster mash? Alrighty, then.

"...sunset soirée this Sunday, as the Alamo Drafthouse and Local Opera Local Artists team up to offer you a..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Cost-of-living increases are making local artists do more with less

"...I mean, math, right? So, then, with resources for artists in Austin shrinking as rents are skyrocketing and venues..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect ...

Part One: The Artists' Application Process

"...Congress reads. It's Monday afternoon, March 15, and Austin artists from all disciplines are nervously standing over copy machines,..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Feature

Faster Than Sound: Summer Songs of Protest

The stories behind three timely tracks by local artists Pussy Gillette, Kydd Jones, and Njune

"...timely releases. Dropped last Dec. 31, "Scotch at the Opera" constituted their New Year's song, says singer/bassist Masani Negloria,..."

July 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...husbands!" Kristin Hayter, a pianist and vocalist fluent in opera, approaches Christianity with the same blood-soaked discomfort she unleashed..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...was taken with the test print of a new, locally made movie called Rock Opera by filmmaker Bob Ray..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Electric Exchange

Theatre, dance, music, and film meld and get supercharged in the Fuse Box Festival

"...1989. Dancers are making moves in galleries, and visual artists are slinging paint at the ballet barre; opera singers..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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