• Playlist: American Opera Initiative

  Talented creative teams. Powerful stories. All-original opera. WNO’s acclaimed commissioning program for contemporary American opera enters its 11th exciting season—showing how short opera can move and inspire us!

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• Emily D’Angelo Performs “All for the Blue” from “Grounded” | Washington National Opera

  Singer Emily D’Angelo performs an aria from the world premiere opera “Grounded” which is co-produced by Washington National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.

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• WNO: Blue ~ The Documentary

  Watch the documentary of the making of Blue, an opera commissioned by Washington National Opera.

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• PLAYLIST: Written In Stone

  Watch performances and interviews behind Washington National Opera's innovative short works exploring questions around the stories monuments tell -- the legacies they embody, and the memories they cement.

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• Christine Goerke Is Elektra | Washington National Opera

  Watch a stunning performance from Elektra -- a power-packed, “fasten your seatbelt” opera, from its dramatic, harrowing music to its hair-raising finale. This acclaimed international cast includes superstar soprano Christine Goerke singing the title role of a daughter possessed.

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• “Di quella pira” from Verdi’s “Il trovatore” | Washington National Opera

  Verdi’s melodrama set in 16th century Spain has it all for the “perfect” opera night out, with one rousing aria and chorus after another.

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• RBG's Love of Opera | Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Did you know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two great passions in life? One was law. The other was opera.

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• Monuments of Hope

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• "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" - Soloman Howard as Martin Luther King, Jr. | WNO

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