Ash Lawn Opera
Ash Lawn Opera is an opera company which was founded in 1978 in Charlottesville, Virginia. For the first thirty years performances were held in the boxwood garden at Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of President James Monroe. Since 2009 performances have been held at the renovated Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville. [1]
In addition to presenting operas such as those in the 2014 season, which have included Leonard Bernstein's Candide in May,[2] Ash Lawn's repertory has largely consisted of the standard repertoire [3] with the addition of American musicals and 20th century American operas such as Carlisle Floyd's Susannah in 1999 (and in July 2014).[4]
Ash Lawn Opera also provides a wide range of educational programs for youth and adults; professional training for emerging artists and interns; and seeks to enrich the cultural vitality and quality of life in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.[5]
References
Notes
- ↑ Blackwell & Causey 2005, "Close Up: Ashlawn Festival", pp. 341—342
- ↑ Jane Dunlap Norris, "Candide unites Oratorio Society and Ash Lawn Opera for semi-staged Bernstein gem", The Daily Progress (Charlottesville), May 2, 2014
- ↑ Ash Lawn's past seasons' programs on ashlawnopera.com
- ↑ "Ash Lawn Opera Announces First Year-Round Season" on charlottesvillearts.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014
- ↑ Mary Burruss, "Ash Lawn Opera’s Amahl and the Night Visitors builds community" on C-Ville Weekly. Retrieved 8 June 2014
Sources
- Ash Lawn Opera website
- Blackwell, Mary Alice; Anne Patterson Causey (2005), Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge, 9th edition. Insiders' Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-3460-3.