Bruce Springsteen and the UK Opera singers
Taking time out to pose for a photo at a Saturday night party at the Kentucky Horse Park were Everett McCorvey, Rebecca Farley, Jermaine Brown, Jr., Isaac S. Jones, Allyson A. Hankins, Bruce...
View ArticleUK singer wins encouragement award at Met regionals
University of Kentucky senior Rachel Sterrenberg won the encouragement award at Saturday’s Mid-South Regional round of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Rachel Sterrenberg as Juliette...
View ArticleReview: UK Opera Theatre’s Falstaff
Michael S. Preacely as Ford and Jonathan R. Green as Falstaff in the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre's production of "Falstaff." © Herald-Leader staff photos by Rich Copley. It’s been a couple...
View ArticleAlltech awards more than half-a-million dollars in opera scholarships
Thomas Gunther, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, was the graduate winner of the 2012 Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition at the University of Kentucky March...
View ArticleUK Opera presents Phantom of the Opera in October
After 26 years, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera is coming to Lexington in a production by the University of Kentucky Opera Theatre. The iconic Broadway musical is still playing in New York...
View ArticleReview: UK Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro
Cherubino (Ellen Graham), Figaro (Daniel Koehn), Susanna (Elizabeth Maurey), the Count (Thomas Gunther), and Basilio (Zackery Morris) in UK Opera Theatre’s production of “The Marriage of Figaro.” (c)...
View ArticleUK Opera’s doubleheader
Brittany Jones sings the title role in UK Opera Theatre’s Undergraduate Studio production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Suor Angelica.” (c) Herald-Leader photos by Rich Copley. Click here for a photo gallery...
View Article21: Reilly Richardson has Grand Night‘s number
Reilly Richardson performs “Cell Block Tango” from the musical “Chicago” in Grand Night for Singing. © Herald-Leader staff photos by Rich Copley. Photo gallery: It’s a Grand Night for Singing 2013. The...
View ArticleUK Opera warns about ‘Les Miz’ ticket scalping
Gregory Turay as Jean Valjean and Jessica Bayne as Fantine at an Oct. 3 rehearsal of UK Opera Theatre’s production of ‘Les Miserables.’ © Herald-Leader photo by Rich Copley. The University of Kentucky...
View ArticleWhile you were having a weekend … Oct. 5
Jason Isbell on stage at Rupp Arena, opening for the Avett Brothers, on Oct. 1, 2015. Photo by Paul Hooper | Lexington Center If you have had a really good weekend, it probably means you were not glued...
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