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Town Times Review: Mozart’s “School For Lovers”

March 14, 2012 No Comments

By LARRY KELLUM, Special for The Town (Middletown) Times The CT Lyric Opera presents the second production of its 2011-12 season, Mozart’s charming masterpiece “Cosi fan Tutte”, at the state-of-the-art Middletown High School Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 16 at 7:30 pm. As is always the case with this exciting company, their operas always ...

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NL Day Review: Tales Well Told By CLO

NL Day Review: Tales Well Told By CLO

November 15, 2011 No Comments

By Milton Moore The Day – Published 11/15/2011 The Connecticut Lyric Opera continues to delight, but it’s no longer a surprise. Now in its eighth season and staging its productions in four cities across the state, the CLO Sunday evening performed a most musically satisfying production of Jacques Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” at the Garde ...

Interview with Michael Wade Lee

Interview with Michael Wade Lee

October 25, 2011 No Comments

INTERVIEW BY LARRY KELLUM There’s a new tenor star glowing in the Northern Hemisphere these days. His name is Michael Wade Lee, a 40 year old singing sensation whose comet is about to flash across Connecticut’s skies. Fresh from triumphs in several major opera houses in the British Isles, Lee will be in our state ...

A Taste of Opera

September 12, 2011 No Comments

CONNECTICUT LYRIC OPERA  Presents “A TASTE OF OPERA” A delectable assortment of dishes inspired by operas, composers and famous singers will be served at Connecticut Lyric Opera’s “A Taste of Opera” gala to be held on Friday October 28, 7-10 p.m., at the Mystic Art Center, 9 Water Street, Mystic, CT. Guests will be treated ...

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Chamber Music Mystic 2011

July 24, 2011 No Comments

Now in it’s 5th Season, Chamber Music Mystic has been providing residents and visitors of Southeastern CT with a wonderfully diverse series of chamber music concerts over the summer, and this year brings more of the same! Summer Institute Showcase – “Academia Virtuosi” FRIDAY, AUGUST, 19, 2011, 8 p.m. – Students of the Virtuosi Music ...

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CLO Announces 2011-2012 Productions

April 4, 2011 No Comments

Connecticut Lyric Opera is pleased to announce the productions of its 9th season, 2011-2012: Fall: Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach Trinity on Main New Britain   Friday  11/4/11 Garde Theater, New London Sunday 11/13/11 The Palace Theater, Waterbury, Saturday 11/19/11 Winter: Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart Spring: Otello by Verdi Other dates and performances to be ...

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CT Lyric Opera Summer in Sweden

Connecticut Lyric Opera is delighted to announce a Summer production of Cosi Fan Tutte in Valberg Sweden in August!...

Town Times Review – The Lion of Venice has Roared

By Larry Kellum Verdi’s Otello is hailed (and later mocked by the evil Iago) as the “Lion of Venice.”...

Otello – May 4, 6, 11, 19

New Britain: Trinity-On-Main – Fri 5/4/2012 8 PM New London: Garde Arts Center – Sun 5/6/2012 5 PM Middletown: MHS...

Town Times Review: Mozart’s “School For Lovers”

By LARRY KELLUM, Special for The Town (Middletown) Times The CT Lyric Opera presents the second production of its...

NL Day Review: CLO ensembles make beautiful music together

By Milton Moore. Published in The Day 03/13/2012 The musical magic of Mozart’s finest operas is revealed in their...