Although unplanned, a mini-festival of sorts occurred in North Carolina last fall, where the state's three largest profes­sional companies gave the state premieres of recently composed operas. In a six-week peri­od, audiences could choose from Jennifer Hig­don's 2015...

When he wrote his 1832 play, La roi s'amuse, Victor Hugo lavished a good amount of research on 16th century French king François I and his illicit love for the daughter of his court jester, Triboulet. Giuseppe Verdi and librettist Francesco Maria Piave, who had...

Music by Giuseppe VerdiLibretto by Francesco Maria PiavePremiered at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy, March 11, 1851Sung in Italian, presented by Opera Carolina with English supertitlesThis review is of the opening performance on 2/11/2018. Two additional performances...

It’s a common lament among singers: you have a number of performances coming up, but your voice is starting to get raspy. Should you sing if your voice is getting hoarse?Hoarseness is a common term used to describe a strained, raspy, or breathy voice, associated with...

Our fourth and last interview is with the composer Dr. David DiChiera, an extraordinary man who has done a lot for opera in the United States with a long and very accomplished life dedicated to the art form. Learn more about him by visiting this page from the Michigan...

Spectators are often awestruck when they first see the Opera Recycles dresses, and rightfully so. Each dress is a feat of creativity, skill, and imagination; it is hard to believe that these couture gowns are made entirely from paper. This initiative would not be what...

Opera Recycles presented by Opera Carolina will show a special eco-friendly fashion collection during Couture Fashion Week New York‘s 26th season. The highly anticipated runway show will be held at 4:00 pm on Saturday September 9, 2017 in the Broadway Ballroom of the...

Wells Fargo – Opera Carolina’s season sponsor – has an authentic stagecoach (found in a collector’s barn and restored in 2009) at its History Museum on Tryon Street, which is the perfect tie-in with Puccini’s opera about the Gold Rush, card cheats, a love triangle and...

How to explain the sort-of-opera “Bon Appetit!” which is coming to Charlotte for two performances Feb. 22-23?We’ll try: The stage is the demonstration kitchen at Johnson & Wales University, and the script is …a recipe. It’s a single recipe for a chocolate cake,...

Just when you might have thought Opera Carolina was turning away from fruitful collaborations, they are diving back in with renewed vigor. Last month's production of The Barber of Seville, kicking off their 2016-17 main stage season, rose to the same high level of the...