‘This House’ by Lynn Nottage, daughter and composer Ricky Ian Gordon, gets 2025 St. Louis premiere

ST. LOUIS >> Ricky Ian Gordon’s “This House,” with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter Ruby Aiyo Gerber, will be given its world premiere at the Opera Theater of Saint Louis in June 2025.

The commission was first announced in 2022 and was to have premiered this year. Daniela Candillari will conduct as part of Opera Theater’s 50th season. The company said Thursday that Candillari’s contract as principal conductor had been extended four more years through the 2028 festival season.

Nottage won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “Ruined” in 2009 and for “Sweat” in 2017. “Sweat” was set in Reading. Her “Intimate Apparel” was adapted by Gordon into an opera that premiered at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater in 2022.

Adele sets small run of Munich shows after she wraps Las Vegas residency

LOS ANGELES >> Adele is a creature of comfort, convenience and, apparently, continuity.

The powerhouse vocalist has set a small run of shows in Munich, Germany, this summer that will begin in August after she closes her Weekends With Adele residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in June.

The “Hello” and “Easy On Me” singer, 35, will play shows at Munich Messe on Aug. 2, 3, 9 and 10, billing them as “exclusive European performances.”

The British balladeer appeared to tease the announcement, posting an animated gif of glam headshots set to “Oh My God” from her “30” album. The teaser post prompted her followers to speculate about a world tour, a new album or a documentary announcement. What they got was a mini-residency and a new set of opportunities to see her perform live.