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"...Austin Opera's New Season: The arts org revealed its 2024-25 lineup,..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts
Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events
"...tome. Described by the theatre as an “innovative electro-pop opera,” this two-hour-and-thirty-minute love triangle will be available as pay-what-you-will..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Review: Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s The McAdo
Spry rewrite of the classic operetta swaps kimonos for kilts
"...In the spirit of full disclosure, I'm an opera ignoramus and arguably the least qualified person in the..."

June 17, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Reading The Riot Act With Devon Parks
Arkansas filmmaker on the lessons of no-resource cinema
"...Act, was filmed in and around the historic King Opera House in Van Buren – on the banks of..."

Jan. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur
The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground
"...filmmaker Bob Ray's 1999 16 mm dark comedy Rock Opera – a strikingly realistic snapshot of Austin when buying..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Peter Bay’s MASS Appeal
The local maestro brings Leonard Bernstein’s massive stagework to Austin with a lot of help from a lot of friends
"...first time that the Austin Sym­phony, Ballet Austin, Austin Opera, Con­spir­are, Chorus Austin, Panoramic Voices, and the Austin Children's..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Margaret Perry: A Life of Music
Classical community honors the late educator in concert Friday
"...will reflect Perry's wide-ranging tastes, encompassing vocal music and opera, and chamber music for all kinds of instruments, from..."

May 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak
Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners
"...was not without its memorable moments, such as an operatic toast to Austin artists by Liz Cass (an award-winner..."

June 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016
Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable
"...5) FRESH SQUEEZED OUNCE OF OPERA (One Ounce Opera) Not content with performing the tastier..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2014
It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large
"...3) A MASKED BALL (Austin Opera) Verdi's name was on the bill, but it could..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'La Femme Bohème'
Puccini's Bohemians get an all-gal makeover
"...conceived by local mezzo soprano Liz Cass (Austin Lyric Opera's Hansel and Gretel, L'Étoile, La Traviata), all of the..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Ida,' Ho!
Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Princess Ida' makes her Austin debut
"...Austin in its 37 years of mounting their comic operas. Even Artistic Director Ralph MacPhail Jr. hadn't staged the..."

June 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Mozart Was an Austinite
The spirit of innovation that drove the composer lives on in our city
"...I carried that understanding of Mozart into Austin Lyric Opera's ebullient production of The Marriage of Figaro a week..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Billy Friedkin Kills It
Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'
"...basically follow his lead, as I do with the operas I direct. You know I direct operas now. Clearly,..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Turandot
ALO's production puts the 'grand' in grand opera
"...Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 472-5992 www.austinlyricopera.org Through April 22 Running time: 3 hr...."

April 20, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Shaken, Not Deterred
Despite the many upheavals in 2011, Austin's arts scene perseveres
"...100,000 people Downtown on New Year's Eve? Gone. The opera company headquarters that helped usher in Austin's current cultural..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Magic Flute
ALO opens its 25th season with a magical revival of Mozart's opera
"...Dell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, www.austinlyricopera.org Through Nov. 13 Running time: 2 hr., 45 min...."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Something Wild
AFS Essential Cinema: Hong Kong New Wave Cinema
"...noir, American Westerns, martial arts pictures, and the Beijing Opera all made their marks on the firebrands of Hong..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Treasures of 2010
Music and movement in 2010 made the mundane sacred and the serious silly
"...2) 'L'ÉTOILE (THE STAR)' (AUSTIN LYRIC OPERA) How often does opera look and play like a..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
This opera focused on the mind but had just as much to say about the heart
"...Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a chamber opera adapted from the famous case study by neurologist Oliver..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Year's Cheers
The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Orchestra, Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, and Choral Arts Society Opera..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dialogues of the Carmelites
Austin Lyric Opera meets the challenge of Poulenc's work with economy and emotive power
"...It was a fitting prelude to an opera about the intrusion of the outside world on a..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Austin Classical Organizations
Classical companies respond to the economic crisis before the fat lady can sing
"...• Austin Lyric Opera has canceled the 2009 Opera Ball, its huge fundraising..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Susannah
The Butler Opera Center production achieves real magic, most notably a triumphant performance in the title role
"...2008 has been a signature time for the tragic opera heroine in Austin, with Zach Theatre's Bess and Austin..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Outstanding!
Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Mozart: Mass in C Minor, ConspirareOperaThe Barber of Seville, Austin Lyric Opera..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
Austin museums want you, and Richard Buckley conducts in the Windy City
"...• Austin Lyric Opera artistic director Richard Buckley continues to be one busy..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

After a Fashion
Stephen goes to the Texas Film Hall of Fame and tells who was dripping in what
"...200 fastest-growing salons by Salon Today magazine… Austin Lyric Opera presents Lights, Camera, Opera at the Austin Music Hall,..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Applause! Applause!
Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005
"...Pathways to Bach, Texas Early Music ProjectOpera..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Among Us
The gypsy feet of playwright Ruth Margraff keep wandering back to Austin, and we're fortunate that they do
"...a warrior writer riding the vanguard of New Wave opera, pushing the boundaries of the stage with wildly imaginative..."

May 7, 2004 Arts Feature by Cyndi Williams

The Flying Dutchman
Austin Lyric Opera's first production of The Flying Dutchman was a solid and compelling staging of the opera that marked a turning point in Wagner's career and in German opera
"...Austin Lyric Opera's first production of The Flying Dutchman was a solid..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

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