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

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...point. The development hopes to revive the former Austin Opera House club off South Congress. While the owners imagine..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips: The Stafford Bank & Opera House, Columbus

Historic small town theatre continues to perform

"...The Stafford Bank and Opera House in Columbus hearkens back to the days of..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Night at the Opera House

"...since Whirlyball, South First odds and ends boutique the Opera House, located directly behind End of an Ear, presents..."

Aug. 21, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.

"...about the artistic merits of The Phantom of the Opera. It must be said, however, that the screen version..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Night at the Opera

Jon Else's Sing Faster, showing this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, shows us opera Like we've never seen it before from the stagehands' perspective.

"...Sure, opera's an acquired taste; many find it hard to sit..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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 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

Arts Review: Austin Opera’s Carmen

Love and death mingle in a classic, crowd-pleasing opera

"...Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

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

One Ounce Opera’s Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera II

Austin’s One Ounce Opera juices the night away

"...Austin's One Ounce Opera, not content with their gang of free-range goldenthroats staging..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Lyric Opera: 'Carmen' glee-a

ALO makes its long-awaited move into the Long Center with opera's favorite libertine

"...nowhere is this more evident than at Austin Lyric Opera. A new, hip logo and an impressive new website..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

'Downton' Throws a House Party

This one's for the lovers

"...It’s a house party, y’all, which means all the storylines, old and..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

The Phantom of the Opera

"...follows a mad, disfigured musician who kidnaps a young opera singer and holds her captive in the catacombs of..."

Oct. 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Colin Nutley's House of Angels

"...locals' hidden resentments. It becomes like a little soap opera in which we get to see the little secrets..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy

With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

"...Debussy's La Chute de la Maison Usher, a one-act opera based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, orchestrated by..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Lyric Opera

ALO is selling its headquarters and losing its community music school

"...move to address its seven-figure financial crisis, Austin Lyric Opera has opted to sell its headquarters on Barton Springs..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The House That PAC Built

"...That play in the house that PAC built...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Phantom of the Opera at Bass Concert Hall

This new touring production makes a grandly restaged, compelling tale of thin source material, with a chandelier drop that still thrills

"...you see Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. It's the chandelier crash with the big organ number...."

April 28, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Lyric Opera

A local operatic production gets a trip to the ball: a showing on public television

"...of changes, try this on for size: Austin Lyric Opera will have one of its productions on television this..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...Wave?   – James Scott Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Queer Collaboration Yields Otherworldly Campiness in p1nky and The Kwane: Another Soup Opera!

Genres collide in cartoon-inspired DIY musical

"...winning recipe for p1nky and The Kwane: Another Soup Opera!, a campy queer musical opening its weekend-long debut run..."

May 29, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Opening the house before it opens

The long-awaited cultural facility throws wide its doors for four days of free performances and tours

"...Poetry Slam, Austin Shakespeare Festival, Refraction Arts, Austin Lyric Opera, Aztlan Dance Company, Teatro Vivo, Austin Classical Guitar Society,..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...to full volume electric in front of a packed house at Antone's. Out in support of their recent tour..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dance Review: Ventana Ballet’s UNDEAD: Haunted House of Dances

Ventana makes ballet accessible with an exhilarating Halloween production

"...think of ballet as austere performance. Starched skirts and opera glasses, something to be watched at a distance. But..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Qmmunity: House of Lepore Strikes a Pose

Ballroom comes to Coconut Club, Austin Trans Picnic, and more events to wrap Pride Month

"...the sights, sounds, and stunts of ballroom with the House of Lepore's Flawless Victory Ball this Saturday, June 26,..."

June 25, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...Tom House, Palaxy Tracks, Shearwater & CindersMercury Hall, Friday 15 For..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...a tiny slice of what this former Split Enz/Crowded House-er is up to these days. Within mere months, Finn..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

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

"...front of the commissioners and speak, with a full house of similarly disposed artists ready to take their turn...."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

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