They could have called it “Virginia Hasn’t Always Been for Lovers,” after Phyl Newbeck’s book, subtitled “Interracial Marriage Bans and the Case of Richard and Mildred Loving.” But composer Damien ...

Flora Hawk as Mildred Jeter Loving, left, and director Denyce Graves-Montgomery in rehearsal for “Loving v. Virginia.” [Sunroom Video Production Co.] The opera stage is not a history classroom, but it ...

10 On Your Side got a sneak peak of “Loving v. Virginia” during a dress rehearsal at the Harrison Opera House Wednesday. The world premiere is at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The opera is based off the ...

(WFXR) – Friday marks 53 years since the United States Supreme Court made a historic ruling in the landmark case, Loving vs. Virginia. The Court’s ruling struck down laws banning interracial marriage ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new opera celebrating the landmark court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States will premiere in Virginia in the spring. 8News spoke with its composer ...

The opera opens in the home of a doting but nervous married couple. They’re dressed casually — she in a pink nightgown, he in jeans and a flannel — but the mood is anything but. “A strange car pulled ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — In celebration of Black History Month, the Library of Virginia will host two free events in support of Virginia Opera’s “Loving v. Virginia,” which is a retelling of the true ...

June 12th marked the 53rd anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional in the United States. 1 Since then, the share of ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Opera said a federal grant they were supposed to get for a recent project never came. The grant, given by the National Endowment for the Arts, was meant to support ...