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As the scenery, costumes and production are execrable — Wotan, supposedly king of the gods, is a dead ringer for J.D. Vance ( ...
The opera “Treemonisha,” unique in multiple respects, still has an important message for the world 100 years after it was ...
The opera house in Kharkiv was almost destroyed and an undetonated Russian rocket can still be found on its roof. But after a long interruption, the ensemble is once again staging productions - in the ...
The Princess Opera House opened to great fanfare in May 1883 at the corner of Princess Street and Ross Avenue. For many, the ...
Chester Englander is a big name in a small world: he is playing the cimbalom, a jumbo hammered dulcimer that resembles an ...
It’s a credit to Gioachino Rossini’s genius that the opera’s music remains ubiquitous in our cultural soundtrack.
This 1607 work, first staged in Mantua, is said to be one of the first operas, the product of a movement to resurrect ancient Greek drama.
Former Kennedy Center composer-in-residence Mason Bates delivers an opera on the life and legacy of the Apple founder that’s ...
Surrounded by an exceptional vocal cast under the direction of Carlo Rizzi, the Lithuanian soprano embodies the three main ...
There was a time when the toughest ticket to procure on the Minnesota Orchestra’s schedule was the annual Sommerfest opera ...
Having seen most other musical styles in my time, opera was never something that caught my interest ... My first impression was one of awe as I looked down into the orchestra pit. The vastly extended ...
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra is stepping out of the War Memorial Opera House pit and into the community for free ...