Austin Lyric Opera

Austin Lyric Opera announces what's coming when it turns 20 next season and serves up a banquet of opera on celluloid in a party, titled Lights, Camera, Opera

"...of Seville (April 14-22, 2007), with the latter marking ALO's long-awaited exit from Bass Concert Hall. With its future..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...the globe. Indeed, his music resonates deeply enough that ALO Artistic Director Richard Buckley was inspired to conceive of..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Il Trovatore

Austin Lyric Opera's 'Il Trovatore' featured voices in good form, from the leads to the chorus, but the relationships among the characters was clearly missing

"...meant overcoming Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the scenery that ALO had arranged to rent from the New Orleans Opera...."

Oct. 14, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Articulations

The Austin Circle of Theaters has handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2002 through July 2003.

"...directing an opera -- David Nancarrow shared memories of ALO's early days. The Nominations Committee also dispensed Special Recognition..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Twelve more friends of the arts have been named to the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, and Austin Lyric Opera loses Managing Director Michael Murphy to a performing arts organization in San Diego, from whence he came.

"...from threatened deficits and the firing last fall of ALO co-founder and longtime Artistic Director Joseph McClain to the..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Dallas-based Meadows Foundation proves to be a true friend to the Austin arts in hard times with three special grants to Austin Lyric Opera, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, and Mexic-Arte Museum.

"...and have responded to it. In the case of ALO, the foundation reconsidered the company's original grant request to..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...not particularly fond of. You do learn about getting along with people."..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The joyful debut of the new Austin Lyric Opera headquarters and community music school.

"...Maybe. But even without that historic aspect, ALO HQ offered lots to inspire a rhapsodic aria: a..."

May 5, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The passing of a longtime professor of music and the birth of a new opera by Austin Lyric Opera.

"...-- some would say the American master. This week, ALO announced that it was one of four companies jointly..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

"...and a light show that would make Pink Floyd jealous...."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Review

A Rich Herstory

Lesbian Archivists: Still Diggin' the Seventies

"...Society, and... lesbians? You betcha. In the counter-cultural, consciousness-raising hullabaloo of those times, another movement was quietly underway...."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Clay Smith

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...Art, Downtown, includes a selection of Wadley's intaglio prints alongside a large monotype; simultaneously, "Patrick Wadley: Works on Paper"..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...group gathers for a reception where they can meet ALO General Director Joseph McClain and singers from the operas...."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Articulations

On the Funding Front

"...group gathers for a reception where they can meet ALO General Director Joseph McClain and singers from the operas...."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Column

Austin Arts Get Going in 1995 Forward Motion

"...brain, this is the left brain. Austin Lyric Opera (ALO) pushes technology with new multimedia sets this season, the..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...past provide peace or further plunge him into chaos? SALOUM..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

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

"...single buttock tied behind her back. And Cheryl Parrish, ALO's radiant Cunegonde, did it with a deft comedic touch..."

May 19, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Honors Japanese Film Master Takashi Miike

Third wave includes special tribute to the J-horror innovator

"...The line between man and beast dissolves when a buffalo escapes slaughter in a sleepy South Indian village, leaving..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Unbounded Agency for the Underrepresented

Anita Obasi’s parties make space for queer artistry, Jay Wile’s croon tricks fans of Frank Ocean, and more recommendations for KVRX Fest

"...Alongside last week's La Rebelión series, she found a niche..."

May 10, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New French Cinema Week Displays a Nation’s Artistic Resilience

Vive la nouvelle France at AFS Cinema

"...Sofia (2018) D: Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi. (NR, 80 min., subtitled) Winner of "Best Screenplay" at..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...MATER D: Pablo D’Alo Abba Argentina, 80 min, North American Premiere Lena and..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda Will Open aGLIFF 2018

Local director headlines roster of new and returning films

"...Mater D: Pablo D’Alo Abba Argentina, North American Premiere, 80 mins Lena and..."

July 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

BPM (Beats Per Minute)

France's AIDS community battles big pharma in the 1990s

"...Directed by: Robin Campillo. Starring: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Felix Maritaud, Mehdi Touré, Aloïse Sauvage, Antoine..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don Carlo

Verdi wrote an opera lover's dream, and Austin Lyric Opera realized it with an all-star cast

"...to complain about three-and-a-half hours of mellifluous sound. If ALO was set on performing one of Verdi's operas..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

June 3, 2013. 21 photos.

"...General Director Joseph Spector accepting the Opera award for ALO's production of "The Marriage of Figaro"..."

June 4, 2013 Photo Gallery

Faust

Austin Lyric Opera closed its season with a haunting and powerful production of Gounod's devilish work

"...Lastly, the orchestra – directed by ALO Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Richard Buckley – sounded..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...west of campus. A postage-stamp stage over Waller Creek along then-sketchy East Sixth. An abandoned old post office in..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lyubov Petrova powers this Lucia with vocal fireworks and nuanced acting

"...a keen sense of her character's objectives and tactics alongside the technical rigor to connect these actions to the..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Notable Theatrics of 2011

Recalling how scoundrels, amphibians, and grace brightened Austin stages in 2011

"...(Austin Lyric Opera) Beleaguered though it's been of late, ALO managed to give Austin a true gem of a..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Classical Music Treasures of 2011

Ancient voices, singing strings, and lots of Bach made 2011 a fine year for ears

"...in Jonathan Dove's airport-set opera may be earthbound, but ALO's production took wing, its portrait of lives in transit..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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