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Boston Lyric Opera Performs Hansel and Gretel for Eliot School Students

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) performed Hansel and Gretel for the third-graders at the Eliot Innovation School in the North End on Monday afternoon. As part of the Boston Lyric Opera’s School Partnership program, Artist Classroom Visit 101, performers introduced the students to the art of opera with an interactive one-hour presentation. The children were encouraged Read More…

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Boston Lyric Opera Transforms Steriti Rink Into Carnival Fairground for Pagliacci

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) previewed the well-known opera, Pagliacci, to viewers during their final dress rehearsal on Wednesday evening. Scheduled to officially begin on Friday, September 27th, the opera will run until October 6th with a fully immersive installation within the DCR Steriti Memorial Rink. The experience includes access to an indoor fairgrounds—complete with acrobats, Read More…

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Boston Lyric Opera Star Visits the Eliot School

Lauren Michelle, star of the upcoming Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) Pagliacci, recently visited the Eliot Innovation School on Commercial Street in Boston’s North End. The BLO will perform its season opener, R. Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (Sept 26 – Oct 6, 2019), as well as its season closer, G.F. Handel’s Giulio Cesare (May 8 – 17, 2020), right next door to Read More…

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Boston Lyric Opera to Perform at North End’s Steriti Ice Rink

The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) will perform its season opener, R. Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (Sept 26 – Oct 6, 2019) and its season closer, G.F. Handel’s Giulio Cesare (May 8 – 17, 2020) at the DCR Steriti Memorial Rink in the North End. BLO used the Steriti Rink in 2018 for their performances of Trouble in Tahiti and Arias & Read More…

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North End’s Skating Rink Transformed for the Opera

The North End’s Steriti Skating Rink was transformed into a cabaret theater for the Boston Lyric Opera performances of Trouble in Tahiti and Arias & Barcarolles, works of Leonard Bernstein. BLO’s Production & Technical Director Anna Labykina discussed the unconventional venue choice in a BLO article, Opera in an Ice Rink? The Boston Lyric Opera previously used the Steriti Read More…

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Boston Lyric Opera to Perform at the DCR Steriti Memorial Rink

The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) will present a first-time pairing / blending of two Leonard Bernstein works, Trouble in Tahiti / Arias and Barcarolles as a cabaret at the DCR Steriti Memorial Rink at 561 Commercial Street in the North End. Performances will be at 8 p.m. on May 11, 12, 16, 18 and 19; and at 3 Read More…

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Wednesday’s Brief: Patio Weather, Modern Gefilte Fish, Hansel & Gretel, Colonial Kids Corner, Salt Art and Free Movie Night

Things to know for Wednesday Today is Wednesday, April 21…I mean February 21. Spring weather is here, at least for today, and Boston’s patio restaurants are taking full advantage! Check out the running list of restaurants’ around the city with warm-weather plans for this week. Here’s what else you need to know for Wednesday… 12:30PM Read More…