Tag Archives: Atlanta Opera

Getting ahead: Jennifer Holloway as Salome, bags Jochannen. *credit:Raftermen)

Review: Atlanta Opera’s Salomé is nonstop psychological thriller

Mark Gresham | 28 JAN 2020 When Richard Strauss completed his opera, Salomé, in 1905, Sigmund Freud and his psychological theories were in their heyday. “On Psychotherapy,” “Psychopathic Characters on the Stage” and “Three Essays on the Theory of […]

Principal oboist Elizabeth Koch Tiscione solos with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this week in Ralph Vaughn Williams' "Oboe Concerto." (source: ASO)
Principal oboist Elizabeth Koch Tiscione solos with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this week in Ralph Vaughn Williams' "Oboe Concerto." (source: ASO)

This Week: January 22 – 28, 2020

★ Posted on Mondays, the listings are for Wednesday through the following Tuesday. TOP FIVE LIVE · GATHERINGS · BROADCASTS & STREAMS TOP FIVE LIVE THU/23 & SAT/25 ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA · Atlanta Symphony Hall, THU & SAT @ […]

Promotional images for the Atlanta Opera's 2019-20 season: top, l-r: Frida, La Cenerentola, Salome; bottom: Porgy and Bess, Madame Butterfly, Glory denied. (source: The Atlanta Opera)
Composite of promotional images for the Atlanta Opera's 2019-20 season. (source of images: The Atlanta Opera)

The Atlanta Opera’s 40th season mixes innovations and favorites

John Lemley and Mark Gresham | 03 OCT 2019 The Atlanta Opera is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this season, opening with the first of its two Discoveries Series productions: Frida, the story of the Mexican icon Frida Kahlo, performed […]

Rescheduled form March, pianist Beatrice Rana will perform her solo recital at Spivey Hall on Tuesday, May 21. (credit-Marie-Staggat)
Rescheduled form March, pianist Beatrice Rana will perform her solo recital at Spivey Hall on Tuesday, May 21. (credit-Marie-Staggat)

This Week: May 15 – 21, 2019

★ Posted on Mondays, the listings are for Wednesday through the following Tuesday. TOP THREE LIVE · FEATURED FESTIVALS · BROADCASTS & STREAMS TOP THREE LIVE SAT/18 ATLANTA OPERA · The Atlanta Opera Presents Stephanie Blythe & Friends, Byers […]

Mario Chang as Alfredo and Zuzana Marková as Violetta in La traviata. (credit Nunnally Rawson)
Mario Chang as Alfredo and Zuzana Marková as Violetta in La traviata. (credit Nunnally Rawson)

Review: Atlanta Opera closes season in grand style with Verdi’s La traviata

Mark Gresham | 29 APR 2019 The Atlanta Opera opened the final production of its regualar season on Saturday evening, Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, one of the great essentials of Italian operatic repertoire. Three performances remain: Tuesday Apr 30 […]