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Jul 18, 2006

Weekly Music Agenda

TUESDAY >> Not too much going on this Tuesday, but the one-hit-wonder who can thank American Idol for his claim to fame, will be at 9:30 Club tonight with Holly Brook and Mozella. For $20 a ticket it might make more sense to just go buy Daniel Powter’s single “Bad Day” on iTunes and save yourself the other 19 bucks and a headache from the mob of screeching AI fans guaranteed to be in attendance….

Apr 03, 2006

DCist Goes to the Opera

Although it may seem unnecessary to say so, sometimes opera can be fun. Italian comic opera can be musically formulaic, simplistic in plot, and even thin on entertainment. However, the best examples, when presented well, are irresistibly light-hearted. Washington National Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore is just that. Yes, it’s a silly story and the characters are flimsy, the staging is a reprise of Stephen Lawless’s 1997 version — altered in minor ways…

 
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