/tags/union-avenue-opera Union Avenue Opera en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:00:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-02-02/nominations-for-2023s-best-local-theater-unveiled-by-st-louis-theater-circle Nominees for St. Louis’ best theater performances and productions of 2023 are out from the St. Louis Theater Circle. Winners will be unveiled in March. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:00:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-02-02/nominations-for-2023s-best-local-theater-unveiled-by-st-louis-theater-circle Alex Heuer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-09-10/friday-metropolitan-orchestra-of-st-louis-union-avenue-opera-partner-on-outdoor-reboot It’s been six long months since Wendy Lea has been able to play or perform with the group of musicians dearest to her heart — or put a paycheck in their pockets. But this weekend, that’s changing as masked members of the Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis carefully gather on an outdoor stage alongside the Union Avenue Opera. Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:55:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-09-10/friday-metropolitan-orchestra-of-st-louis-union-avenue-opera-partner-on-outdoor-reboot Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-08-16/it-packs-an-emotional-wallop-union-avenue-opera-takes-on-apartheid-era-lost-in-the-stars Contrary to any stuffy misconceptions, opera isn’t something one simply observes or sits through – especially not an opera like “Lost in the Stars.”… Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:24:02 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-08-16/it-packs-an-emotional-wallop-union-avenue-opera-takes-on-apartheid-era-lost-in-the-stars Evie Hemphill /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-07-06/union-avenue-opera-sets-sail-opens-season-with-h-m-s-pinafore Union Avenue Opera (UAO) will open its 24th festival season July 6 on a light note with the Gilbert and Sullivan comedic operetta, “H.M.S. Pinafore.” It… Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:37:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-07-06/union-avenue-opera-sets-sail-opens-season-with-h-m-s-pinafore Mary Edwards /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-06-30/3-firsts-in-union-avenue-operas-23rd-season-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-each-production Union Avenue Opera’s 23rd season kicks off next week Friday and runs through August. This year, the company is introducing nothing but firsts. Each of its… Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:16:33 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-06-30/3-firsts-in-union-avenue-operas-23rd-season-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-each-production Kelly Moffitt /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-08-17/question-your-certainties-union-avenue-opera-gives-doubt-its-second-staging-with-christine-brewer August 19 will mark the first time the opera version of “Doubt” is performed in its full glory after its Minneapolis premiere in January 2013. Famed… Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:33:14 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-08-17/question-your-certainties-union-avenue-opera-gives-doubt-its-second-staging-with-christine-brewer Kelly Moffitt /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-05/union-avenue-opera-opens-22nd-season-with-a-new-take-on-the-mikado The curtain rises on Union Avenue Opera’s 22nd Festival Season on July 8 with a new adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic, “The Mikado.” On… Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:46:23 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-05/union-avenue-opera-opens-22nd-season-with-a-new-take-on-the-mikado Mary Edwards, Kelly Moffitt /arts/2015-08-23/reflection-looking-for-sparks-of-redemption-in-gotterdammerungs-ashes On the way home Friday night from the Union Avenue Opera on North Union Boulevard, I landed in the middle of a beehive at the intersection of Euclid and… Sun, 23 Aug 2015 16:07:24 GMT /arts/2015-08-23/reflection-looking-for-sparks-of-redemption-in-gotterdammerungs-ashes Robert Duffy /arts/2015-08-20/union-avenue-opera-concludes-21st-season-and-four-year-journey-with-gotterdammerung Union Avenue Opera (UAO) concludes its 21st season along with its four-year production of Wagner’s ‘Ring cycle’ with the final opera in the series,… Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:43:07 GMT /arts/2015-08-20/union-avenue-opera-concludes-21st-season-and-four-year-journey-with-gotterdammerung /arts/2015-08-01/reflection-from-rigolettos-dark-welter-of-decay-contrast-offers-a-path-to-goodness Musicologists have had a field day divvying up the operas of the towering Italian genius Giuseppe Verdi. “Rigoletto” -- performed this weekend with… Sun, 02 Aug 2015 03:01:45 GMT /arts/2015-08-01/reflection-from-rigolettos-dark-welter-of-decay-contrast-offers-a-path-to-goodness Robert Duffy