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First Look: Bluegrass Opera’s double feature
We didn’t get to hit a dress rehearsal of Bluegrass Opera‘s Saturday night show, but we did get a sneak preview Tuesday night of Quantum Mechanic by John Bilotta with a libretto by John McGrew and...
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Mahler, Liszt, Debussy…and Dechtenberg!!!
I have to give credit for the headline on this post to the event posting on Facebook for Thursday night’s University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra concert — I couldn’t improve on the self-deprecating...
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Diverse group stitches new operas together
Ashley Jackson as Gapka Gapkanovna, Dave Dampier as Ivan Nikiforovich and Jessica Pearl French as Judge Demyan Demyanovich rehearse a scene from "With Such Friends ..." in director Lorne Dechtenberg's...
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Bluegrass Opera in name only
Lorne Dechtenberg is the director of Bluegrass Opera. To get the word out about the company, he and other members of the company have put promotional magnets on their cars. © Herald-Leader photo by...
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Notebook: Thy Will Be Done world premiere
Bluegrass Opera artistic director Lorne Dechtenberg, composer Angela Rice, soprano Lori White and tenor Gregory Turay in the sanctuary of Central Christian Church. © Herald-Leader staff photo by Rich...
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Bluegrass Opera announces August show
The Bluegrass Operahas announced its next production, which will be a milestone in numerous ways for the contemporary opera troupe. The Opera will present Pulitzer Prize winner Ernst Bacon’s A Tree on...
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Video: Bluegrass Opera’s A Tree on the Plains
We’ll have a story coming a little bit later this week on this production, but here’s a sneak peek at Bluegrass Opera’s production of A Tree on the Plains.
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Video: Lady Windermere’s Fan
Just a warning, men: We don’t fare too well in this clip from Bluegrass Opera‘s production of Lorne Dechtenberg’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, based on the novel by Oscar Wilde. I will say, these two men...
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