From cartoon music to “Sweeney Todd,” the Richmond Symphony and Virginia Opera gear up for a whimsical fall.
by Rich Griset
To close its 40th season, the Virginia Opera is going back to its beginning. Founded by a group of volunteers in Norfolk in 1974, the company began its run with a staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which follows a Parisian courtesan while she wastes away from tuberculosis.…[ Read more ]