Washington National Opera
Based at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and led by General Director Placido Domingo, the Washington National Opera presents world-class productions of a wide variety of repertory, and is featured regularly on NPR's series 'World of Opera.'
Concerts
October 22, 2010 Strauss's sumptuous one-act opera tells the lurid story of a young woman and her homicidal family.
April 23, 2010 Verdi's opera is a tightly wound swirl of sentiment, appalling violence and unspeakable tragedy.
October 16, 2009 Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role, as Bajazet in Handel's taught drama, Tamerlano.
February 20, 2009 Sometimes neglected, Mozart's final opera is filled with startling innovation and great beauty.
November 21, 2008 Strauss's sumptuous one-act opera tells the lurid story of a young woman and her homicidal family.
November 14, 2008 Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role, as Bajazet in Handel's taught drama, Tamerlano.
November 7, 2008 Verdi's opera is a tightly wound swirl of sentiment, appalling violence and unspeakable tragedy.
October 25, 2008 Wagner's turbulent opera focuses on one of his favorite themes: the redemptive power of love.
October 24, 2008 William Bolcom's searing opera is set in the immigrant enclave of Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the 1950s.
October 17, 2008 Mozart's dark comedy features music of limitless genius, and a drama that lives up to the score.
October 10, 2008 Electric passion becomes lasting love, and ends with desperate tragedy, in Puccini's "La Boheme."
October 3, 2008 Placido Domingo conducts Puccini's Madame Butterfly from the Washington National Opera.
July 4, 2008 Gershwin's Great American Opera, "Porgy and Bess," from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
June 20, 2008 Saint-Saens tells a sacred story through the passionate musical language of romantic opera.
June 6, 2008 In this grim drama, the bell announcing evening services means lights out for everyone — literally.
February 22, 2008 Romance induced by a love potion is no match for the real thing in Donizetti's 'The Elixir of Love.'
December 28, 2007 Mozart's The Magic Flute seems made for kids, but still gives adults plenty to contemplate.
October 12, 2007 Placido Domingo stars as Siegmund in Die Walkuere, from the Washington National Opera.
October 5, 2007 Patricia Racette stars in Janacek's devastating, yet stunningly beautiful opera Jenufa.
September 28, 2007 In 'The Daughter of the Regiment,' JiYoung Lee plays an army brat who was raised by the entire army.
September 21, 2007 Samuel Ramey does double duty in Bluebeard's Castle and Gianni Schicchi.
September 7, 2007 Nicholas Maw's Sophie's Choice is a searing adaptation of William Styron's acclaimed novel.
August 31, 2007 Paoletta Marrocu stars in a vivid Washington National Opera production of Verdi's Macbeth.
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January 21, 2011 Alan Held makes an impression as the mysterious title character in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.
November 27, 2009 Wagner's turbulent opera focuses on one of his favorite themes: the redemptive power of love.
November 13, 2009 Strauss' sumptuous one-act opera tells the lurid story of a young woman and her homicidal family.
July 24, 2009 In Donizetti's romantic comedy, JiYoung Lee plays a military brat, raised by an entire regiment.
June 5, 2009 Samuel Ramey does double duty in Bluebeard's Castle and Gianni Schicchi.
April 24, 2009 Nicholas Maw's tightly-wound opera is a searing adaptation of William Styron's acclaimed novel.
March 13, 2009 The Prologue to Wagner's Ring is a 160-minute spectacle that seems to fly by in a flash.
January 23, 2009 Wackiness was never more beautiful than it is in Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers.
