Tag: Timothy Nelson
IN Series debuts shocker ‘St. John the Baptist’ and scores a...
This world premiere staging of Alessandro Stradella’s 1675 oratorio is a colossal achievement of imagination and skill. By GREGORY FORD
IN Series revives once-banned play ‘Ethiopia’ and adds revealing response
Uniting two richly layered musical works is the viscerally expressed desire for freedom by the African peoples of the world. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS
A look inside ‘Ethiopia,’ a world premiere Living Newspaper at IN...
Artistic director TIMOTHY NELSON talks with playwright SYBIL R. WILLIAMS about the banned radical reality show and Williams' women-centered response.
IN Series reimagines ‘Poppea’ with a bold and beautiful cultural collision
The captivating production merges Monteverdi’s masterpiece with vibrant South Indian influences. By RASHEEDA AMINA CAMPBELL
IN Series stages ‘Rigoletto’ in English in a circus ring to...
The gorgeously played choice made Verdi's opera more accessible and more relatable. By KENDALL MOSTAFAVI
IN Series’ brilliant ‘Return of Ulysses’ sings of veterans’ homecoming
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
IN Series realizes Verdi’s dream with ‘The Promised End’
Nanna Ingvarsson's acting is magnetic, and the intimate experience allows us to appreciate the sheer beauty of the human voice. By SOPHIA HOWES
Timothy Nelson on an unlikely mashup: IN Series’ ‘The Promised End’
The artistic director explains how Verdi’s unforgettable 'Requiem' got mixed up with Shakespeare’s masterpiece 'King Lear.'
Making sense of ‘Alceste,’ a phenomenal work of operatic art from...
It's a beautiful and thoughtful show, surprising in its ability to challenge us on complex topics of gender and death. By DARBY DEJARNETTE
IN Series mounts glorious ‘I Was Looking at the Ceiling and...
This rarely performed work, with music by John Adams and text by June Jordan, is an experience not to be missed.
‘I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the...
The 1995 'songplay' by John Adams and June Jordan created a new genre of musical theater and boldly confronted systemic issues of the 1990s.
Quest for freedom resounds in ‘Ordering of Moses’ from IN Series
R. Nathaniel Dett’s 1932 oratorio about the Israelites' liberation from the Egyptians is by turns startling, soul-stirring, and highly satisfying.
‘Nightsong of Orpheus’ from IN Series is a magnificent musical spectacle
A magical and hopeful evening of storytelling using traditions of Noh theater.
IN Series reimagines ‘A Fairy Queen’ as an old-time radio program
In Artistic Director Timothy Nelson's knowledgeable hands, the device comes off not like a gimmick but as a doorway into discovery.
IN Series sets season of live theater centering DEI
Marking its 40th year, the innovative company plans new collaborations and world premieres to play a dozen DC and Baltimore venues.
IN Series to build a digital opera house without walls
If the COVID-19 pandemic has a lesson for the arts community, it’s that what’s small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill...
Exploding the canon: Inside the IN Series opera company’s “radical” practice
Now into his second year leading IN Series, the itinerant company based at the Source Theater, artistic director Timothy Nelson has not been shy...