Virginia Opera preview with Glenn Winters

One of the marks of good theater is that a play will have the substance and latitude to be interpreted differently and still remain valid. Such is the case with the opening production of the season for the Virginia Stage Company, August Wilson’s multi-award winning “Fences”. Our critic, M.D. Ridge, found the VSC presentation visually convincing and emotionally compelling.

For its first production of the new season, Virginia Opera presented a lyrical but seldom-produced early opera by Bizet – “The Pearl Fishers”. Our critic found much to like in the singing, but was less enThu,siastic about the staging.