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Opera Revue: La traviata at the Kennedy Center Opera House

Run, Don’t Walk to See Verdi’s ‘La traviata’

October 15, 2018 Candace Webb Theatre, Theatre Reviews

The Washington National Opera (WNO) opened its 2018-2019 season with a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s ever-popular and moving romantic opera, La traviata. Up until the opening night, my familiarity with La traviata was pretty much restricted to what I saw in the highly emotive scene of the famous 1990 Hollywood blockbuster romantic comedy, Pretty Woman, when Julia Roberts’ character Vivian goes to the opera for the first time, and is so touched by Verdi’s La traviata, that she is moved to tears.

Opening Doors to Acceptance and Unity: India.Arie and Idan Raichel at the Strathmore

October 24, 2012 Candace Webb Music, Music Reviews

The spiritually soulful duo of India.Arie and Idan Raichel graced the stage of The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda on Saturday, October 22, 2011. America’s enchanting R&B goddess, India.Arie, known and loved by her fans and the music community as a songwriter, musician, singer, poet, advocate, daughter, and friend, teamed up with Idan Raichel, Israel’s biggest international musician to deliver a musical experience that reminds people that we are all ONE, that all people and things are interconnected, and that there is beauty in cultural diversity, mutual acceptance, and love.