The earliest documentation of a New Orleans opera performance was in 1796, the opera “Sylvain,” by Andre Gretry.

The busy mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti has made a career out of versatility: “I think generally people should not do only one ...

The Dallas Opera’s groundbreaking Hart Institute celebrates 10 years of impact with an Anniversary Showcase Concert on Jan.

The company’s overstuffed new staging of Bellini’s final work, set during the English Civil War, proves a marvelous vocal ...

Soap opera fans love a good soap couple, but for every fun soap couple or every true supercouple, there are also a lot of ...

Recent stagings of classics like “La Traviata” and rarities like “Intermezzo” are among the highlights. Holiday weeks, quiet ...

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

Widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni tells of the devious schemes and hijinks of history’s most ...

Not long ago, I was sitting in a café in midtown Manhattan with Beth Morrisson, president and creative producer of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP). BMP has been pushing the boundaries of traditional ...

In May 1924 we published a two-part story about preserving the Edmonds Opera House that had been built by A.M. Yost in 1909.

Renowned San Francisco composer Jake Heggie plans to debut his newest work in the Bay Area next summer. His one-act opera "The Judgement of Paris" is set to make its world premiere at Festival Napa ...