Austin Opera Races Back Into Live Performance With Tosca at Circuit of the Americas

The company brings grand opera to the Grand Prix with an outdoor staging of Puccini's powerhouse

"...By the summer of 2020, Austin Opera knew that the first two productions of its 2020-21..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...unconventional of election years, why not have an unconventional opera, one that speaks directly to American politics and also..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

An Opera for Wartime

Philip Glass' Waiting for the Barbarians arrives when its message is urgently needed

"...military campaign. Waiting for the Barbarians is the latest opera by Philip Glass, an adaptation of the novel by..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...Richard Buckley knows a thing or two about the opera Of Mice and Men, and not just because he's..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Lyric Opera: Fat lady sings for artistic/managing director split

Austin Lyric Opera Artistic Director Richard Buckley and Managing Director Tamara Hale are both leaving their posts in June 2007, after which ALO will return to a single general director running the show

"...weeks of 2006 signaled big changes for Austin Lyric Opera in the coming year. On Dec. 12, Richard Buckley..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera Redefines the Limits of Opera for 2024-25 Season

Cold war thriller and devotional masterpiece on the calendar

"...If you think opera is just warbling about Teutonic deities, newly-announced Austin Opera's..."

May 1, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Austin Lyric Opera: Pittsburgh Opera's Kevin Patterson takes the reins

Kevin Patterson of Pittsburgh Opera has been hired to serve as Austin Lyric Opera's new general director

"...Austin Lyric Opera has a new face. Last week, the board of..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Madame Butterfly

The company delivers a lovely staging of this Puccini opera that builds to a heartbreaking finale

"...burden of all that is associated with his role: American imperialism, racial and cultural prejudice, male chauvinism, and the..."

May 5, 2017 Arts Review by Michelle Haché

Austin Opera to Mount Manchurian Candidate

Kevin Puts' take on political thriller opens 2016-17 season

"...but how better to break the news about Austin Opera's 30th season than to say it opens with a..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Arts Post 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

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

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Michelle Haché

Review: American Idiot

Green Day's rock opera is gorgeously gritty, if not truly punk

"...the opening of the touring edition of the rock opera American Idiot, it was clear that the points of..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Stacy Alexander Evans

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

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

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"...Austin Asian American Film Festival throws its first queer prom, Diasporic Disco,..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...in 2017, this quarterly cultural celebration peers into the American experiment through always-fresh curations of music, art, and storytelling...."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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

"...Next season Austin Lyric Opera turns 20 – my, time flies when you're having..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...across the street from the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, lit its dome orange...."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Lyric Opera: Breaking Glass

For Austin Lyric Opera's 20th season, artistic director Richard Buckley has lined up the American premiere of Philip Glass' opera 'Waiting for the Barbarians'

"...After launching his tenure at Austin Lyric Opera with a few seasons of Old World standbys, new..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Repertory Ensemble

Coming soon to a computer or TV screen near you: dance and classical music from ARE?

"...such as U2 3D. Check out how the Metropolitan Opera has been expanding its fan base with its series..."

July 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice

One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music

"...nation's concert halls have been ruled over by one American composer: Leonard Bernstein. (That's what happens when you hit..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The American Astronaut

Scripted and directed by the frontman of the musical group the Billy Nayer Show, American Astronaut is an imaginative and resourceful spectacle.

"...frontman of the musical group the Billy Nayer Show, American Astronaut is an imaginative and resourceful spectacle. Although self-indulgent,..."

Dec. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Verdi's Greatest Opera

"...the choir had a good experience with the Verdi opera in the late Nineties – "We're lucky to have..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Fantastic Fest Flicks From the American Genre Film Archive

AGFA Creative Director Joseph A. Ziemba goes bugnuts with this year’s restorations

"...The American Genre Film Archive – AGFA to its friends –..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Films Not to Miss at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

A long weekend of movies defined by global possibilities

"...cinema isn't one cinema, and the returning Austin Asian American Film Festival (June 23-26) reflects that diversity. In its..."

June 17, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism

Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place

"...Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) is a sort of minimalist opera in blue, with long, lingering shots of rain-soaked Oregon..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...lungs and heart. It's an unlikely setting for an opera, even one that deals, as so many operas do,..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Territories

Austin Lyric Opera Ventures Into the Frontier Once More

"...illustration by Robert Faires Something in America America loves..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Final Flowering

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

"...of artistry and craft at work in this new opera by Carlisle Floyd. Character, atmosphere, mood, dramatic tension --..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sexy Beast

With a bold new take on Andre Previn's operatic adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Austin Lyric Opera has a remarkable opportunity to lead the operatic pack and show the world the stuff it's made of.

"...Get Brad Dalton talking about the operatic version of A Streetcar Named Desire and pretty soon..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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