Virginia Opera will complete its cycle of Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungen” music dramas with “Twilight of the Gods” (“Götterdämmerung”) and stage the premiere of “Loving v. Virginia” by Damien Geter and Jessica Murphy Moo in 2024-25, the company’s 50th anniversary season.
“Loving v. Virginia,” based on the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple whose lawsuit led the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate laws against interracial marriage, is the culmination of Geter’s multi-year residency with Virginia Opera and the Richmond Symphony. It is co-produced with Minnesota Opera. Denyce Graves, the lauded mezzo-soprano, will be stage director of the Virginia Opera production.
As in previous installments of Wagner’s “Ring,” the company will use the adaptation by Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick.
Virginia Opera’s coming season also will feature two staples of the repertory, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.”
Casting for the productions will be announced later.
Subscriptions for four performances at Norfolk’s Harrison Opera House are $97.02-$440, and $59.02-$376.92 for four performances at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Energy Center in Richmond. Subscription prices for performances at the Center for the Arts of George Mason University in Fairfax, and single ticket prices at all three venues, will be announced later.
To renew or newly purchase Norfolk and Richmond subscriptions, call Virginia Opera’s box office at (866) 673-7282 or visit http://vaopera.org/subscriptions
Virginia Opera’s 2024-25 season schedule:
“Twilight of the Gods” (adaptation by Jonathan Dove & Graham Vick)
(in German, English captions)
7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Norfolk
7:30 p.m. Oct. 5, 2 p.m. Oct. 6, Fairfax
7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13, Richmond
“Carmen”
(in French, English captions)
7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Norfolk
7:30 p.m. Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 17, Fairfax
7:30 p.m. Nov. 22, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 24, Richmond
“Così fan tutte”
(in Italian, English captions)
7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Norfolk
7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 2 p.m. Feb. 23, Fairfax
7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. March 2, Richmond
“Loving v. Virginia” (premiere)
(in English, English captions)
7:30 p.m. April 25, 2:30 p.m. April 27, Norfolk
7:30 p.m. May 3, 2 p.m. May 4, Fairfax
7:30 p.m. May 9, and 10, 2:30 p.m. May 11, Richmond
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