Opera

This world premiere staging of Alessandro Stradella’s 1675 oratorio is a colossal achievement of imagination and skill. By GREGORY FORD

In the company’s 50th Anniversary season, a production of Puccini's grand opera to die for. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The inclusion of Igor Stravinsky’s artfully realized opera in this 50th Anniversary Season shows Glimmerglass Festival at its best. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The opera festival's 50th season honors designer legend John Conklin with a Sondheim feast and a world premiere coming-of-age story about a young Chicana. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

Washington National Opera's production makes a radical and joyful declaration of the power and resiliency of community. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The creators and performers deliver a touching love story, a powerful history lesson, and a cautionary note about continuing bias. By BOB ASHBY

Washington National Opera presents an important and lasting new opera about a tech bro who was not a nice guy. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The captivating production merges Monteverdi’s masterpiece with vibrant South Indian influences. By RASHEEDA AMINA CAMPBELL

Music, singing, and acting come together for a moving story of love and sacrifice. By CHARLES GREEN

The work covers a lot of existential territory that children experience intensely. By GREGORY FORD

The gorgeously played choice made Verdi's opera more accessible and more relatable. By KENDALL MOSTAFAVI

Washington National Opera's new production is a spectacle of epic proportions and even more impressive musical prowess. By IAN KIRKLAND

The topical parallels between the narrative of this work and what is happening in the United States today are both deft and poignant. By GREGORY FORD

Washington National Opera samples composer Richard Wagner’s greatest hits. By WILLIAM POWELL

There’s real magic in this production, the kind that happens when every element comes together to delight and amaze and enchant. By BOB ASHBY

New opera tells a story with great power not only thousands of years ago in Greek legend but in today’s forever wars. By BOB ASHBY

The Washington National Opera production resonates for our times like hitting the sweet spot of a gong. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

Conductor Christophe Rousset steals the show with his interpretation of the colorful score of this work rarely heard since the 18th century. By KJ MORAN VELZ

Though there were stretches of sublime, finely-honed comedy, the effect was all too much happening at once. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

The tear-jerking plot, gripping score, and heartfelt singing combined to produce a powerful evening of opera. By WILLIAM POWELL