A Night at the Opera Comes to the National Mall with ‘Opera Italiana Is in the Air’ Concert

A night at the opera comes to the National Mall with ‘Opera Italiana is in the Air’ concert

The “Opera Italiana is in the Air” concert will be held next month in front of the Lincoln Memorial — an annual rite that sees a world class opera performance performed for free on the National Mall. As organizers get prepared for this year’s event, they’re still looking for one more person to kick off the performance. And maybe, it’s you. The D.C. Opera Challenge is now live on TikTok. Anyone who posts a minute-long submission with the hashtag …

A Very Long Night at the Opera

Die Dunkle Seite des Mondes (Chin) World premier, Staatsoper Hamburg May 18, 2025 ★★☆☆☆ ___________________ [fusion_dropcap boxed="no" boxed_radius="" class="" id="" color="" hue="" saturation="" lightness="" alpha="" text_color=""]S[/fusion_dropcap]ometimes, the memory of a bad libretto will outlive that of an opera itself. In Australia, Judith Rodriguez’s text to Moya Henderson’s 2002 opera Lindy contained the unforgettable line, “The dingo’s …