While Global Looks to the Future of Audio and Sport… Opera has never struggled for heroes, but its villains have always had the better tunes.

World-renowned opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel trades the opera stage for the studio, joining Classic FM to present a new four-part series exploring opera’s most villainous characters. In ‘Opera Villains ...

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Soprano Aida Garifullina dazzles in this rendition of 'O mio babbino caro', with a filmic nod to the 1985 romance, 'A Room with a View'. Accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under ...

Protesters brought a performance of Carmen to a stop last Friday at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. At least one protestor managed to get on stage during Act 1 of Bizet’s classic. Three ...

FARGO — Considering the complications Fargo-Moorhead opera faced staging “The Marriage of Figaro”-- two actors and two cellists having to leave the production during rehearsals -- Friday’s opening ...

More than 2,000 children from across Rotherham came together this week to create a new opera celebrating their town’s community spirit. After a year of hard work, Tales Untapped: A Rotherham Opera ...

It was a sign of the times in the record biz that so many awards went to recordings on independent labels (tenor Jonas Kaufmann, picking up the Opera doorstop for EMI's Madama Butterfly set, confessed ...