Grief

"...of this production team's lives as the real soap opera. The story is framed by the contemplation of death..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fiorile

"...past and present, and manages to avoid generic soap opera pitfalls in the process. Rounding out the film are..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Accompanist

"...stage of life. It uses the performance stage of opera as a setting for its story. A gifted young..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Vie De Bohème

This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.

"...de Bohème (which also forms the basis of Puccini's opera La Bohème), the movie follows the lives of three..."

Dec. 3, 1993 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

Inside Monkey Zetterland

"...an earth-shattering exposé. His mom (Helmond) is a soap opera star whose hemorrhoids are acting up and who worries..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

"...plumbing sometime,” as well as an elderly, washed-up Hungarian opera diva (Suli) who lives with her foul-mouthed, money-grubbing son..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Barefoot Gen

"...taken from a game show or a cheesy soap opera can also be a distraction. Nevertheless, Barefoot Gen is..."

Feb. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

All the Vermeers in New York

"...stocks are socially responsible and Nicole (Bean), an aspiring opera singer whose incessant voice practice drives Anna and Felicity..."

June 19, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brain Donors

"...of A Day at the Races/A Night at the Opera essence at work here than a hint of Bud..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Falling From Grace

"...screenplay is not much more than a down-home soap opera of family skeletons when it's not predictably (if inexplicably)..."

April 17, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Golden Boat

"...Mexico where he worked as a writer for soap operas before he returned to Chile to make Three Sad..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Trust

"...suburbia, baby. Trust treads a line between lurid soap opera histrionics and placid documentary reportage. It creates a strange..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Matteo Lane: "I’m Joking, Can You Imagine?"

How is a comedy festival like Six Flags? Ask comedy's rising star.

"...London, and even Chicago, Matteo Lane used his creativity, opera singing, and impressions – which he calls a natural..."

April 20, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish

Review: A Discovery of Witches

Miniseries shakes Twilight's shadow for a more feminist fantasy

"...Witches shares the same shelf space – Supernatural Soap Opera – as the Twilight series. But where Twilight pummeled..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Object Collection’s It's All True

This opera culled from Fugazi concert detritus was an endurance test for both audience and performers

"...a live show except the songs, to stage an opera that, while certainly operatic, exploded any ordinary understanding of..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

The Vortex's Vampyress

Chad Salvata’s gothic opera is the perfect treat for the season of ghouls, sensual and spooky

"...history of Bathori's killing spree into a thrumming gothic opera – part folk legend and part demonic faery tale,..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Who's Tommy

Zach's revival of the rock opera takes its cue from Alice in Wonderland, and while vivid, it lacks consistency

"...Speaking of drugs, though, no Seventies-era rock opera would be complete without them. Of course, that makes..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

One Man's View Is Another Man's Duck Face

A&E gives Duck Dynasty patriarch back his quack

"...least as many plot twists as your average soap opera, only it's reality TV. In the latest installment, the..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

The Grand Dame

Galveston's Grand Opera House survived Ike. Here's a dispatch from one of the staff.

"...received this from the staff of Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House. It includes an update about the grand old..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Melodramatic Entrance

On set with 'Shades of Life,' the multicultural soap-opera access show giving minority actors a shot at exposure

"...episode 71 of Shades of Life, a multicultural soap opera shot in South Austin. It features a cast of..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

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

"...chamber pieces for instruments of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Manufacturing Fizz

What makes L'Étoile a light, bubbly Champagne of operas

"...Oenologically speaking, opera is a red wine world. The works for which..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One Holiday, Two Gifts, 100 Years

Dan Welcher's pair of Yuletide operas shows what a difference a century makes

"...the UT campus, it's Christmas. Two Christmases, actually. UT Opera Theatre is presenting a pair of operas by Austin..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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. 25,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...is often considered America's first significant addition to the opera canon, the masterpiece of one of this country's greatest..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...over Castle Creek. In the Eighties, he owned and operated the Austin Opera House, while co-founding Star Tickets and..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Cold Sassy Tree

The Austin Lyric Opera production of Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's sweet, simple opera of blooming love between a small-town Georgia shopkeeper and a much younger woman, featured a fine ensemble giving heartwarming performances, but their efforts were repeatedly wrecked by poorly executed set changes that brought the show to a halt.

"...It is appalling and unforgivable that Austin Lyric Opera could take Carlisle Floyd's sweet Southern tale and wreck..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Daniel Catán

Renowned opera composer dies while in residence at the Butler School of Music

"...semester serving as its composer-in-residence. He saw the Butler Opera Theatre premiere a new chamber version of his first..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

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

"...for almost 60 years. Now, the Lion of Austin Opera will sing no more. Jess Walters, celebrated singer, director,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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