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..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...The Viewpoints are a theatrical tool. And a philosophy of movement. And an aesthetic vehicle. And a series of..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Articulations

Months of speculation come to an end as Austin Lyric Opera appoints conductor Richard Buckley to the position of artistic director.

"...Austin Lyric Opera has found its new leader. On Monday, Aug...."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

La Traviata

A tremendous, memorable production that even an opera novice will love

"...Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 472-5992, www.austinlyricopera.org..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Culture Flash!

Austin museums want you, and Richard Buckley conducts in the Windy City

"...and for free! The Austin Museum Partnership, a consortium of local museums, ranging from arts institutions to botanical gardens..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Chefs and Restaurants Nab Six Spots on James Beard Awards Semifinalists List

Organic pastry, fusion BBQ, and Caribbean flavors recognized

"...Three Austinites are listed for best chef of Texas, two of them BBQ chefs. Nominated are the..."

Jan. 30, 2023 Food Post by A. Richmond

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They even had one of their characters..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy

UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.

"...This spring, Peter Bay, music director and conductor of the Austin Symphony, had the bright idea of getting..."

April 13, 2001 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Getting the Look

Following the Path of Theatrical Designers

"...may not describe a setting, may make no mention of the season or the day or the country in..."

July 12, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...Despite the local proliferation of music schools, teen bands are considered a novelty. True,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene.

"...-- in New York City, in San Francisco, in Chicago, in London, in Amsterdam, and, of course, in our..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin Lyric Opera's new artistic director receives raves for his conducting at Seattle Opera, Beehive diva Judy Arnold takes ill, and Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo gets a publishing deal for his book on acting.

"...Richard Buckley, Austin Lyric Opera's new artistic director, has been in the rainy..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

ARTS Center Stage making the Big Decision: What architect is going to transform Palmer Auditorium into the Long Center for the Performing Arts.

"...Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts. That's right, Chicago-based architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, the firm that..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

How to Hire an Architect

"...First, gather a committee of all sorts of interested parties, whose input is crucial..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Timeline

"...Jan. 5, 1959: Grand opening of Municipal Auditorium, designed by the Austin firm Jessen, Jessen,..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...from voting in categories in which critics or members of their family were eligible.) --Robert Faires..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

The South Bank

"...and happen to love theatre, dance, classical music, or opera, that action means a lot. Heading north, it means..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

South Bank Update

"...Springs Road, you can see the headquarters for Austin Lyric Opera really taking shape. The dilapidated facade of the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 Performances That Transported Me in 2004

Robert Faires lists his favorite theatre, dance, and classical productions of 2004

"...(Blue Lapis Light) Sally Jacques took her 2003 exploration of grief and comfort to a new site and a..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music List Four

Spoon, Kate Nash, Malcolm London, and 141 more added

"...2017 music lineup via sometimes massive lists revealing hundreds of performers. From here on out, the conference will release..."

Jan. 19, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kickstart My Heart

Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter

"...Austin in the company's success – Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on www.kickstarter.com – he apologized..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

The Electric Exchange

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

"...barriers that for centuries have stood between different kinds of art – keeping the visual arts apart from dance..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

UT delays the closing of Bass Concert Hall for a year, Conspirare wants to sing an ode by a young Austin poet, and Zach decides whether it wants to go out with Sally Bowles or Roxie Hart

"...is the choir building its April concert, the Marriage of Great Things, around the relationship between poetry and music,..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO performs Verdi's 'Requiem' to honor JFK in the hall he never reached on Nov. 22

"...Friday, Nov. 22, 1963. The question that is less often asked, however, is, "Where was Kennedy headed when he..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...achievement on Austin stages in a ceremony at Top of the Marc, 618 W. Sixth. This year, for the..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Austin Arts Get Going in 1995 Forward Motion

"...Endowment for the Arts and left a littered landscape of angry debate over public funding and freedom of expression;..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...SXSW performance, this'll be one to write home about. Chicago's the Reputation features former Sarge vocalist Elizabeth Elmore plying..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Articulations

Monumental Gift Made to Performing Arts Center

"...the dramatic impact it will have on the future of that community but for what it affirms about the..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Whither Buttholes?

"...1996 when, says the label, the Buttholes sued the Chicago-based indie to stop them from selling the band's back..."

April 24, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Attacked by Lesbians

Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm

"...In the shadows of the futuristic, phallus-laden Houston skyline, there is rock. Band..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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