Category: Performing Arts
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Dressing Up for The Marriage of Figaro
November 15, 2025. Washington, DC. This evening we returned to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. We arrived early for a one-hour talk on the opera’s history and an insight into both Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, the librettist. The speaker masterfully took us back to a theater…
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An Evening of Exquisite Musicality at the Kennedy Center
November 14, 2025. Washington, DC. Today, we were fortunate enough to witness a wonderful and FREE concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The phenomenal Last Stand Quartet took the Millennium Stage by storm, delivering a truly wonderful rendition of Mendelssohn’s 13th. Securing front-row seats, we were treated to a flawless, perfect execution…
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Experience An Evening with Ibsen: The Wild Duck at Shakespeare Theatre Company
November 13, 2025. Washington, DC. We traveled into the capital today, met our son and daughter-in-law, and together we experienced a wonderful delivery of the play The Wild Duck. The performance was hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) in Washington, D.C. STC is widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier classical theatre companies,…
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New Dominion Chorale’s Masterful Delivery of Yizkor Requiem at the National Presbyterian Church
November 2, 2025. Washington, District of Columbia. Our search for the performing arts brought us to the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. The performance, a unique encounter with the Yizkor Requiem, was delivered superbly by the New Dominion Chorale. The price? Free! It was a gift from the New Dominion Chorale as they embarked…
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The Emotional Journey of LSO’s ‘Motives that Move You’
November 1, 2025. Ashburn, Virginia. Listening to a symphony perform live is like getting a vaccination from world noise. We got a much-needed booster shot today! The Loudoun Symphony Orchestra (LSO) was performing at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Ashburn, Virginia, and we decided to go. St. David’s Episcopal Church is a relatively modern and…