After a pause due to the pandemic, we are happy to once again bring you broadcast performances from the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Virginia Opera this season! Join Raymond Jones on Jan. 19 and selected Wednesday evenings throughout the winter and spring to catch these exclusive broadcasts from our wonderful local performing groups.

Wed. Jan. 19, 9 p.m.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Akiko Fujimoto conducts the Virginia Symphony in a dynamic program featuring pianist Natasha Paremski as soloist in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. The orchestra also performs Duke Ellington’s Harlem and Paul Hindemith’s Rag Time.

Wed. Jan. 26, 9 p.m.
Virginia Opera: La Bohème: Rodolfo Remembers
Enjoy a fresh take on Puccini’s classic in this adaptation by Keturah Stickann and Bruce Stasyna, originally staged in a drive-in “movie-style” parking lot by San Diego Opera in 2020. La Bohème: Rodolfo Remembers offers the timeless story through the perspective of a now-successful writer and poet Rodolfo as he recalls the memories of his youth. Audiences will join him as he reflects on the winter in Paris with his starving artist friends where he unexpectedly connects with the love of his life – Mimì.

Artistic Director Adam Turner conducts members of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and a cast featuring tenor Matthew Vickers as Rodolfo and soprano Raquel González as Mimì.

Wed. Feb. 16, 9 p.m.
Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák’s “New World”
Steven Jarvi leads the VSO in this performance of Antonín Dvořák’s iconic Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”, plus his festive Carnival Overture.

 

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