The Washington Arts Ensemble presents an evening of Lieder, featuring breakout mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams, and pianist Natalia Kazaryan. Join us for an intimate program at our first S Street Salon, in the the heart of Dupont Circle. Program: Robert Schumann Frauen-Liebe und Leben, Op. 42 Ernani Braga Cinco Canções Nordestinas do Folclore Brasileiro B.E. Boykin […]

Songs by, for, and about women who break the rules. Celebrating a new production of Carmen on Opera North’s mainstage, American singer Chrystal E. Williams (singing Carmen) and Brazilian-Italian soprano Camila Titinger (playing the role of Micaëla), perform songs of rebellion, change and determination. Expect jazz, spiritual and popular song as well as classical and […]

This scorching new production of one of the most popular operas ever written will take you deep down into a world where desire and hot-blooded passion reign supreme… Carmen is a strong woman doing what she can to survive in a poor frontier town, manipulating and seducing the men who try to control her. But […]