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You’ve probably heard the expression ‘It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings.’ It’s a favorite of sportscasters. But the cliche refers to the world of opera, where plus-sized sopranos perform arias that bring down the house. Now, an opera company in Virginia plans a production in praise of the fat lady – an adaptation of a Broadway play called Fat Pig.
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Soapstone is a rock found in only a few places on earth – in Alaska, Brazil, Finland and Central Virginia. Over the years, industry took 600,000 tons of…
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COVID has put the kibosh on most live performances in this country, but an opera produced in Charlottesville will go on in an unusual way.…
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Opera celebrates the human voice in song, so it might seem like a contradiction to stage an opera for people who can’t hear. In fact, that’s what…
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Halloween is not normally associated with opera, but in Charlotteville, where the holiday is celebrated with enthusiasm, one local opera company is…
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Thomas Jefferson spent much of his life designing, building and rebuilding his home – Monticello. It’s a house with many tales to tell, and at the end of…