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.

Virginia Opera opens the 2012-2013 season with its first-ever production of “The Pearl Fishers” by George Bizet. The Opera’s Community Outreach Musical Director, Glenn Winters, offers this insightful preview of a tuneful and colorful early effort by the young genius composer, Bizet.

The Virginia Symphony opened its 2012 – 2013 season with a bravura program of colorful music and a exciting soloist. Our critic, M.D. Ridge attended the Chrysler Hall concert and has this report.