EUGENE — If the word opera immediately brings “elitist,” “stuffy” or “boring” to mind, it’s time to expose your senses to the neo-cabaret phenomenon that is Vagabond Opera. The talented sextet takes ...

AVagabond Opera show is a chance to time-travel. Specifically, to 1920s Paris. On a riverboat. With a glass of absinthe in one hand and a long cigarette holder in the other. And -- why not? -- ...

Eric Stern isn't sure if Vagabond Opera has stopped in Colorado before, but after living in New Mexico years ago and spending "quite a bit" of time in Colorado, the opera singer and accordion player ...

Portland-based ensemble Vagabond Opera performs at The Majestic Theatre A 1930s Parisian cabaret. An impromptu Turkish street performance. A dimly-lit Romanian coffeehouse. These are the images ...

What do opera, jazz and accordions have in common? Everything, if you're members of Vagabond Opera. As human beings we tend to categorize and classify, "but I love music and I didn't see any reason ...

Not everybody with Carnegie Hall-ready classical chops wants to put on a tuxedo and perform for well-mannered, hushed crowds. Some, like the whimsical masters of Vagabond Opera, want to see people ...

PORTLAND - Vagabond Opera will host its official CD release shows at 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday, May 9, atMississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi St., in Portland. Admission is $15. Sharing the stage for ...

Accordions were once the reserve of embarrassing relatives and Lawrence Welk marathons. Charmed by European street performers, backpacking college kids have helped propel the formerly dorky instrument ...