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• Classical music season looks promising despite financial woes

  September 16, 2010 in Features on Page C1 The Spokane Symphony informally launched the local classical music season with a Labor Day weekend performance at Liberty Lake – but not its traditional concert at Comstock Park, canceled for …

• It’s hot, so it’s time for opera

  July 29, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Every summer, the sounds of Verdi, Puccini and Sondheim echo off the tall ponderosas. It’s the Spokane Opera’s “A Hot August Night,” a rare chance to experience live opera for …

• Spokane Opera on the menu

  June 10, 2010 in Features on Page C1 As operas go, Spokane Opera’s summer dinner theater is a bit of an appetizer – a way for audiences who might not be familiar with the art form to get …

• Review: ‘Pagliacci’ a splendid opera anniversary gift

  March 8, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane Opera celebrated its silver anniversary with a vibrant, steamy production of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” Friday at The Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. There were those in Friday’s audience, this …

• Tears of a clown

  March 4, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Spokane Opera celebrates its 25th season by bringing in the clowns. No, not Stephen Sondheim’s clowns, but Ruggero Leoncavallo’s troupe of “Pagliacci,” for performances Friday and Saturday at the Martin …

• Cast, set make for enchanted evening

  February 1, 2009 in City on Page B7 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” seems ready-made for scene stealers. And Spokane Opera’s cast this weekend in the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox took advantage of nearly …

• Spokane Opera will open Mozart’s ‘Magic’ tonight

  January 29, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Mozart’s “Magic Flute” takes a special place in the composer’s life. It was the last opera he finished, and the last to be produced in his lifetime. Spokane Opera will …