If you think of the opera solely as a stuffy affair featuring a woman in a Viking helmet, you’re obviously unfamiliar with Jacques Offenbach. In the 19th century when his contemporaries were busy ...

With even large companies struggling to survive, why did soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza decide to found Opera À La Carte? Her goals were laudable. As national opportunities continued to shrink, ...

Opera À La Carte San Diego, which made its debut in May 2024 with an intimate East Village production of Puccini’s “La bohème,” will return later this month with an opera that has never been stage in ...

In the myth of Orpheus, the demigod’s bride, Eurydice, dies of a snakebite; he goes to Hades to persuade the god of the underworld, through the power of his music, to return her. Pluto instructs that ...

Opera À La Carte San Diego presents Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld Get ready for glitter, grooves, and Greek gods like you’ve never seen them before! Join Opera À La Carte San Diego for a ...

Cape Town City Ballet will present ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD at the Artscape Opera House, featuring choreography by Veronica ...

If Hell were as much fun as it is in the Opera North’s production of Offenbach’s “Orpheus and the Underworld,” we’d be making reservations. After all, Mount Olympus — home of Jupiter and the good, ...

Orpheus and Eurydice, those doomed lovers of Greek mythology, have long been the fodder of great opera composers, beginning with Claudio Monteverdi in 1607. Gluck's version, which premiered in 1762, ...

What: Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld." Where: Alice Busch Opera Theater, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, New York. When: July 7th, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. (Performances continue in repertory through ...