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• Maryland

Havre de Grace: Good Friday fish fry at Post 47; Easter egg hunt at Concord lighthouse park

Today, an annual Good Friday Fish Fry will be held at the American Legion Post 47 at 5 p.m. Enjoy the annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Havre de Grace Recreation Committee, at noon Saturday, at Concord Point Lighthouse Park.

• Opinion

On ode to Baltimore's Alamedean Light Opera Company

Despite its classy sounding name, the Alamedean Light Opera Company in Baltimore was little more than an amateur theater group. Composed mostly of wannabe opera singers, some with damn fine voices, the company produced standard fare operettas at the old Poly high school in the '40s and '50s.

• Entertainment

BSO and Morgan State Choir production of ‘Porgy and Bess’ returns to showcase artistic expertise and local pride

The upcoming production of “Porgy and Bess” by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Morgan State University Choir is back by popular demand.

• Maryland

Columbia's Opus Concert Theatre presents a holiday opera to enchant young audiences

Besides the rich assortment of holiday concerts this month, there’s also a holiday opera to consider placing on your Christmas calendar. The Columbia-based Opus Concert Theatre will be performing Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at Slayton House Theatre.

• Business

Former Station North artists building Bell Foundry sold to Baltimore apartment developers

The Bell Foundry building in Station North that once houses dozens of artists and performers before it was condemned last year was sold to a developer that has been upgrading old urban buildings into boutique apartments.

By Meredith Cohn

Dec 5, 2018

• Entertainment

Bernstein's 'Mass' returns to Baltimore, as provocative as ever

A presentation of Leonard Bernstein's controversial "Mass" will feature more than 500 performers from the Peabody Institute, Morgan State University and other Baltimore organizations, with Marin Alsop conducting, at New Psalmist Baptist Church.

• Features

The Baltimore Sun's 25 Women to Watch in 2018

Meet the Baltimore area’s leading voices in business, activism, research and more.

• Maryland

Havre de Grace to settle on Opera House use of firehouse space

The Havre de Grace City Council gave its permission for Mayor William Martin to reach an agreement with the Susquehanna Hose Co. that will allow the Opera House to use the second floor of the adjoining firehouse.

• The Darkroom

Nine days in Europe with the BSO

In mid-August, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra embarked on their first international tour in 13 years. They visited England, Scotland and Ireland our the course of nine days.

• Maryland

Scottfield Theatre off to ambitious start in Havre de Grace

Scottfield Theatre Company is the brainchild of Becky Titelman, a Harford County native who founded the company along with two of her colleagues: director, producer and actor Allan Herlinger and Chuck Bowden, who handles technical aspects of productions.

• Maryland

Cultural Center at the Opera House celebrating first anniversary Saturday

On Saturday, August 4, 2018, the Cultural Center at the Opera House (Opera House) will celebrate its first anniversary with a daylong celebration.

• Entertainment

Young Victorian Theatre Co. approaches 'Mikado' mindful of controversy

Performing Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "The Mikado," with its dated stereotypes of the Japanese characters, now causes controversy in some cities, something Baltimore's Young Victorian Theatre Company seeks to avoid as it prepares to stage the work.

• Maryland

Columbia Orchestra has something for everyone

Review of Columbia Orchestra's upcoming symphonic pops concert on April 14-15.

• Entertainment

Stellar bass-baritone Eric Owens to give Baltimore recital debut

Eminent bass-baritone Eric Owens will give his first Baltimore recital, presented by Shriver Hall Concert Series.

• Anne Arundel

'Quartet' of stellar actors brings grace, humanity to Colonial Players' production

“Quartet” continues through Feb. 4 at the Colonial Players, 108 East St., Annapolis. For tickets call the box office at 410-268-7373 or go to thecolonialplayers.org.

• Entertainment

Stephanie Blythe to launch Lyric series emphasizing American music

Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will open a new vocal recital series at Baltimore's Modell-Lyric Opera House with a program full of new and vintage American music.

• Howard County

Travel from Howard County to Italy via music, dance and food

Preview of Howard County Concert Orchestra's "La Dolce Vita!" concert on Jan. 14.

• Obituaries

Bette Hankin, opera singer who taught at Towson University, dies

Mezzo soprano appeared with the old Baltimore Opera Company and studied with Rosa Ponselle

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 3, 2018

• Harford

The biggest stories of 2017 from The Record

A look back at the top stories of 2017 in southeastern Harford and western Cecil counties.

By Allan Vought

Dec 30, 2017

• Obituaries

Jeanne F. Blair, saleswoman and opera singer, dies

Jeanne F. Blair, a saleswoman and opera singer who performed with the old Baltimore Civic Opera Co., died Dec. 6 from lung cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Dec 12, 2017

• Entertainment

A worthy 'Werther' from Concert Opera

Baltimore Concerto Opera delivered a sensitive performance of Massenet's "Werther" with tenor Brian Cheney and mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams, conducted and accompanied at the piano by Rachelle Jonck.

• Anne Arundel

Annapolis Opera moving from 'Little Women' to 'Arias & Encores'

'Little Women' opens Annapolis Opera's season on a high note.

• Entertainment

Modell Lyric to present opera stars on new series

Although staged opera won't return to Baltimore's Modell Lyric Performing Arts Center anytime soon, three opera stars are due there in concerts during the second half of the 2017-2018 season.

• Entertainment

Markus Stenz leads BSO in radiant excerpts from Wagner's 'Parsifal'

Baltimore Symphony principal guest conductor Markus Stenz leads orchestra excerpts from Wagner's "Parsifal" on program that also features concertmaster Jonathan Carney in Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy."

• Obituaries

James M. 'Jamie' Scott, a costumer designer whose work was featured in both the theater and opera

James M. "Jamie" Scott, a costumer designer whose work was featured on both the stage and in opera, died Sept. 20 from liver cancer at Bebee Medical Center in Lewes, Del. He was 56.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 6, 2017

• Entertainment

'Love Never Dies' proves to be a worthy sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' in Baltimore preview performances

A preview performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies" at Baltimore's Hippodrome reveals worthy, musically rich sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera."

• Harford

Scottfield Theatre Company presents 'Tuck Everlasting, the Musical' Oct. 6-15 at Opera House

A brand new drama company is preparing to make its debut at the refurbished Cultural Center at the Opera House in Havre de Grace. Scottfield Theatre Company will present “Tuck Everlasting, the Music

• Entertainment

Sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the Opera' heads to Baltimore

"Love Never Dies," the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera," heads to Baltimore on the way to official start of its national tour.

• Baltimore City Paper

Moonage Daydream: Still in purgatory, Baltimore Rock Opera Society returns with sci-fi comedy "The Terrible Secret of Lunastus"

This has not been a banner year for most inhabitants of Earth, and the idea of blasting off and relocating to another planet grows more appealing each

• Entertainment

10 best bets for classical music in the Baltimore area this fall

Best bets for classical music performances during the fall season.

• Harford

Tidewater Players return to Havre de Grace Opera House

Profile of the Tidewater Players, who return to the Havre de Grace Opera House this week.

By David Anderson

Aug 16, 2017

• Harford

Week-long celebration of refurbished Havre de Grace Opera House begins Sunday

Two years after construction began, the Havre de Grace Opera House has re-opened with a week of festivities that end Sunday.

• Harford

Havre de Grace Opera House opening week is Aug. 6-13

The Havre de Grace Opera House will have its opening week in August. The Aegis gets a behind-the-scenes tour Sunday as renovation work wraps up.

By David Anderson

Jul 17, 2017

• Howard County

Opus Concert Theatre presents a new take on a popular opera

The new adaptation, titled "Carmen — Vive la Liberte (Long Live Freedom)" by Bizet, Merimee, Cantrelle, will be performed on June 11 and 18 at 3 p.m., at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center.

By Katie V. Jones

Jun 9, 2017

• Howard County

Columbia’s Colleen Daly balances family with a thriving opera career

Columbia’s Colleen Daly balances family with a thriving opera career

• Entertainment

Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau give brilliant recital at Shriver Hall

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau offered their brilliant, expanded version of a Schumann song recital for Shriver Hall Concert Series.

• Entertainment

Stellar mezzo Susan Graham to make Baltimore debut at Shriver Hall

Stellar mezzo-soprano Susan Graham will make her Baltimore debut for Shriver Hall Concert Series with pianist Malcolm Martineau in an unusual program built around a Schumann song cycle about a woman's life and love.

• Entertainment

Rare encounter with Rossini's 'Semiramide'

Baltimore Concert Opera presents Rossini's infrequently encountered "Semiramide" featuring Opera Delaware cast.

• Maryland

Travel to Eastern Europe via music

Columbia Pro Cantare music director Frances Motyca Dawson has done a lot of music reflecting her Czech heritage over the years and other Eastern European co

• Harford

Renovated Havre de Grace Opera House slated to open in June

The renovations of the Havre de Grace Opera House are nearly complete, and the facility is slated to open in June and be managed by the Havre de Grace Arts Collective.

By David Anderson

Mar 10, 2017

• Entertainment

Peabody Chamber Opera to perform trio of works about 'Women in the Dark'

Peabody Chamber Opera presents one-act works by composers Errollyn Wallen, Thomas Whitman and Jonathan Holland about women who are, in one way or another, left in the dark.

• Obituaries

Harold J. Stern, piano teacher, singer and actor

Harold J. Stern, a beloved piano teacher and chorister who had been associated with several Baltimore churches, died Jan. 25 from complications of prostate cancer at Brightview Senior Living in Towson. He was 87.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 10, 2017

• Entertainment

Familiar works, new faces in BSO concert

German conductor Johannes Debus, French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet make Baltimore Symphony debuts.

• Opinion

Roughly Speaking podcast: Exiled from Bell Foundry, Baltimore Rock Opera Society seeks own home (episode 196)

Artistic Director Aran Keating talks about the nonprofit opera company's quest for a new space for BROS's raucous and imaginative productions.

By Dan Rodricks

Jan 12, 2017

• Entertainment

Annapolis performing arts scene is more vibrant than ever

A look at three organizations fueling the increasingly vibrant arts scene in Annapolis: Annapolis Opera, Annapolis Shakespeare Company and Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.

• Maryland

Town Tidbits: Taneytown

Taneytown

In Taneytown, an opera house used to provide residents with a hub for entertainment, said George Naylor, a longtime resident who helpe

• Entertainment

How to give opera a fighting chance in Baltimore

A commentary on Lyric Opera Baltimore and the prospects for professional, fully staged productions in the city.

• Obituaries

Dr. Robert T. Singleton, University of Maryland pioneer cardiologist, dies

Dr. Robert T. "Bob" Singleton, a pioneering cardiologist, World War II veteran and opera lover who served for 25 years as director of the cardiovascular laboratory at the University of Maryland Hospital, died of gastrointestinal bleeding Sept. 12 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.

By Colin Campbell

Sep 25, 2016

• Anne Arundel

'Rent' is due many accolades in Annapolis Summer Garden production

Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre continues its 50th anniversary season with a sublime production of "Rent," a play by the late Jonathan Larson that is now

• Entertainment

Opera review: Vivid voices propel 'Romeo et Juliette' at the Lyric

Lyric Opera Baltimore closes its season with a vividly sung production of Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette."