Opening Night with Rebecca Weinstein artwork

Virginia Opera’s Relevant Season Opener, Street Scene, an Homage to Musical and Cultural Diversity

Opening Night with Rebecca Weinstein

English - October 06, 2018 15:00 - 5 minutes - 13 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Last weekend, Virginia Opera kicked off its 2018-2019 season with Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. Street Scene narrates 24 hours of family life in front of a tenement in 1940s New York City, encompassing themes like domestic violence, immigration, and wealth inequality that could have been torn from 2018 headlines.