Un Ballo in Maschera - Listening Guide		VIDEO: Meet our Amelia		A Mystical Wagnerian Experience
A tour through the light and darkness of Un Ballo in Maschera		Acclaimed Verdi soprano Tamara Wilson talks about her operatic journey		A discussion of what's behind a "Wagner moment" with John J. Pohanka

Learn more about Washington National Opera and its productions by exploring these interviews, articles, audio tours and more.

Interviews 

VIDEO: Meet our Amelia - An interview with Verdi soprano Tamara Wilson, Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera (August 2010)

Q&A with Thaddeus Strassberger - Director and designer of Hamlet (May 2010)

Q&A with Francesca Zambello - Director of Porgy and Bess (February 2010) 

Q&A with Christina Scheppelmann - Director of Artistic Operations at WNO (February 2010)

Q&A with Iréne Theorin - Soprano in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos (January 2009)

Meet Tenor Lawrence Brownlee - Our Almaviva in The Barber of Seville (September 2009)
 

Articles 

Ballo: Ripped from the Headlines - The true story of the murder of King Gustavus III (August 2010)

A Mystical Wagnerian Experience - An interview with author, scholar, current Trustee, and former Board Chairman John J. Pohanka (August 2010)

The Romantic Hamlet - Folger Theatre dramaturg Michelle Osherow compares Shakespeare's and Thomas' Hamlets. (May 2010)

Can this Marriage be Saved? - Double the happiness? Or double the trouble? Two couples in one household, and all hell is breaking loose! (April 2010)

A Quiz: Who From Nozze Would You Nuzzle? - So many "men," so little time (and so much drama!) (April 2010)

Catfish Row Comes to New York: The Genesis of Porgy and Bess - The origins of the great American opera (Raymond White - February 2010)

Finding the Language of Porgy and Bess - Read what Gershwin and others had to say about the language of Porgy. (Aaron Grad - February 2010)

A Note from Conductor John Mauceri -  Re-creating the score of Porgy and Bess and bringing this authentic version to the public. (February 2010)

The Cycle of the Ring: Back to the Beginning - Does Götterdämmerung end where Das Rheingold began? Or does the story continue on? (William Berger - March 2009)

A Beautiful Friendship - learn about composer Giuseppe Verdi and librettist Arrigo Boito (September 2009)

Audio Tours 

Un Ballo in Maschera - Listening Guide - A tour through the light and darkness of Un Ballo in Maschera (Claire Marie Blaustein - August 2010)

A Hamlet Listening Guide - A guide to the beautiful music in Thomas' Hamlet. (Nick Weaver - May 2010)

A Straussian Mixer - an audio tour of Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.  (Thomas May- November 2009)

All the World's a Joke - explore Verdi's comic touch in Falstaff.  (Thomas May - October 2009)