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Inside the WNO Costume Studio: Madame Butterfly
Published: Apr 21, 2017
A Lacquered Otherness: The Origins of Madame Butterfly
Published: Mar 28, 2017
Director Francesca Zambello on Don Giovanni
Published: Mar 8, 2017
Our 2017-2018 Season Has Just Been Announced! — By Artistic Director Francesca Zambello
Published: Jan 24, 2017
Spotlight on Robert Ainsley, Program Director of WNO’s American Opera Initiative and Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists
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Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello
Acclaimed American opera director Francesca Zambello, formerly Washington National Opera's Artistic Advisor, is WNO's new Artistic Director.
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WNO Opera Gala Concert on June 3
As an exciting conclusion to its 2016–2017 season, Washington National Opera presents the TRADING VOICES: The WNO Opera Gala Concert, celebrating WNO Board Chairman Jacqueline Badger Mars, who will step down as Chairman this summer. The concert on Sat., June 3 in the Opera House will feature Hamilton star Jordan Donica, legendary icon Aretha Franklin, superstar mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Tony®-winning stage-and-screen sensation Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hamilton Tony Award® winner Leslie Odom Jr., a special guest appearance by Renée Fleming, and the WNO Orchestra and Chorus in special tribute to Jacqueline Mars’s visionary leadership of WNO. Tickets and VIP Packages are also available to the full Gala event.
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Enjoy all of WNO's riveting drama, spectacular stagecraft, and soaring performances with more bold productions of CLASSIC operas, fascinating CONTEMPORARY perspectives, and always the best in AMERICAN artistry. From two epic masterpieces by Verdi—Aida and Don Carlo—to Handel's spellbinding Alcina, Rossini's delightful comedy The Barber of Seville, and Leonard Bernstein's biting satire Candide, the 2017-2018 season offers something for everyone.
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Kennedy Center News is now available to read online! The May-August issue features Washington National Opera's colorful production of Puccini's Madame Butterfly with sets and costumes by artist Jun Kaneko, National Symphony Orchestra's presentation of Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony with mezzo-soprano Nathalie Stutzmann and soprano Golda Schultz, Joyce DiDonato in a concert version of Handel's Baroque opera Ariodante, and much more.
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