Deal with the Devil

A good weekend for opera: Austin Lyric Opera's Faust and Butler's Don Giovanni tackle classics with a modern twist

By Joelle Zigman

04.25.13 | 11:44 am

Among the myriad of food, music and arts festivals heading to the Capital City, this is also a good weekend for opera lovers in Austin. Austin Lyric Opera’s moving and meaningful pro ...

Austin Lyric Opera Presents Gounod's Faust

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

04.25.13 - 04.28.13

Witness the classic tale of an aging scholar as he makes a deal with a part of that power which would do evil constantly and constantly does good. Based on Goethe's Faust, Gounod's ope

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Austin Lyric Opera opens the charming and timeless Marriage of Figaro

By Shelley Seale

01.17.13 | 10:30 am

The newest production to open at Austin Lyric Opera is Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. In this single “day of madness,” Mozart takes us on a laugh-out-loud ride filled wi ...

Austin Lyric Opera presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

01.31.13 - 02.03.13

In this single “day of madness,” Mozart takes us on a ride filled with schemes, masquerades and mistaken identities. Figaro, his bride-to-be Susanna and the Countess conspire to expose

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Slow, rich Italian flair at Austin Lyric Opera's Pagliacci

By Joelle Zigman

11.10.12 | 4:41 pm

Opera is like molasses. It is painfully slow. Action takes forever to unfold. And because opera takes forever, things have to be exaggerated! Way more than in any other theatrical art form (For exa ...

Arts outside

Art in public places: The final free performance of Austin Lyric Opera's Pagliacci Project

By Shelley Seale

10.20.12 | 9:00 am

Pagliacci is a famously tragic play-within-a-play that tells the heartbreaking story of betrayal and jealousy in an Italian commedia dell’arte troupe. Theater and reality collide in a dramati ...

Austin Lyric Opera presents: The Pagliacci Project

Hill Country Galleria

10.07.12

Austin Lyric Opera and the Butler Opera Center of the University of Texas are partnering to bring Pagliacci to the streets of Austin and surrounding areas. Performing an English version of the

Austin Lyric Opera presents: The Pagliacci Project

Cheer Up Charlie's

10.05.12

Austin Lyric Opera and the Butler Opera Center of the University of Texas are partnering to bring Pagliacci to the streets of Austin and surrounding areas. Performing an English version of the

Austin Lyric Opera presents: The Pagliacci Project

The Domain

10.12.12

Austin Lyric Opera and the Butler Opera Center of the University of Texas are partnering to bring Pagliacci to the streets of Austin and surrounding areas. Performing an English version of the

Austin Lyric Opera presents: The Pagliacci Project

Blanton Museum of Art

10.04.12

Austin Lyric Opera and the Butler Opera Center of the University of Texas are partnering to bring Pagliacci to the streets of Austin and surrounding areas. Performing an English version of the