Category: Opera
Reviewer: Eugene Opera’s Rigoletto offers Verdi’s glorious music as well as first-rate voices and acting
By Daniel BuckwalterYou are the court jester. You work for the Duke of Mantua. You have mocked the husbands of the Duke’s many sexual conquests as well as Monterone, a statesman whose gorgeous underage daughter has been seduced....
Read More
Eugene Opera opens its 2025 season with the Giuseppe Verdi classic, “Rigoletto,” on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2
Edited by Randi Bjornstad Here’s Rigoletto in a nutshell, as announced by Eugene Opera in...
Read More
Oregon composer’s new opera for children will be onstage in Eugene Nov. 16-17
By Randi Bjornstad Ashley Hastings is at it again. Since taking up writing operas several years...
Read More
Eugene Opera names new executive director
(Above: Kari Welch, new executive director at Eugene Opera; photo courtesy of Eugene Opera) Edited...
Read MoreReview of Eugene Opera’s “Hansel and Gretel” — “well worth seeing, and be sure to take the family.”
By Daniel BuckwalterThe familiar feels warm, and this is the best part. There’s the pair of wayward kids, brother and sister, a dark and mysterious forest, a witch (who is costumed to perfection) and wonderful singing throughout...
Read More
Eugene Opera presents the classical fairytale, “Hansel and Gretel,” in musical form
By Randi Bjornstad Pretty much everybody has grown up with the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel and...
Read More
Review — Eugene Opera’s “La traviata” deserves all the ovations it receives
(Above: Maestro Andrew Bisantz conducts the orchestra and singers who create La traviata on the...
Read More
Eugene Opera takes the stage with love and tragedy — it is opera after all — in Verdi’s “La Traviata”
(Party scene from Eugene Opera’s La Traviata; photo by Paul Carter) By Randi Bjornstad...
Read More
Eugene Symphony completes its performance of the entire “Tristan und Isolde” with Act III
By Randi Bjornstad It’s hard to believe — how time flies, as the saying goes — that...
Read More
Verdict on Acis and Galatea: “It is a fun opera, and I encourage everyone to see it.”
By Daniel BuckwalterOpportunists meet their prey on a busy stage for one more night of delightful...
Read More
Q: What do you get when you mix Handel, ’50s movies, and space aliens? A: Eugene Opera’s “Acis and Galatea”
(Above: Scene from rehearsal for Eugene Opera’s Acis and Galatea; photo courtesy of Eugene...
Read More
Two new chamber operas by a Eugene composer have their debut at the Wildish Theater
(Above: Ryan Dixon (left) and Marcus Peterson play Tom Chance and Joe in Ashley Hastings’...
Read More
11th Annual Grilled Cheese Experience February 1 – 28, 2025
click logo to Donate
33rd Annual Chefs’ Night Out! Monday, April 7, 2025
