Category: Opera
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 MoreReviewer’s verdict on Eugene Opera’s “La Bohème” — smart, compact, fast-moving, and worthy of standing ovation
By Daniel Buckwalter My younger self would have had to catch my breath and hold back a tear at the sight of Mimi dying on stage at the end of La bohème, singing one last time, “I don’t know why they call me Mimi.” Yes, I...
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Eugene Opera ushers in 2023 with one of the world’s favorite operas, “La Bohème”
(Above: La Bohème is the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers Rodolfo and Mimi. The Eugene Opera...
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