In this installment of ‘Opera Through the Ages,’ we enjoy the unadorned melodies and realistic stories of classical opera. In the 18th century, new philosophical and social movements began to appear ...

Why do we focus on the bad news stories about cuts and crises in classical music ? Musicians are doing incredible things to engage, support and sustain us; we should tell those stories too When did ...

I always call early opera “looseleaf opera” because the score you end up with for the production is never the same as what you had on day one. Monteverdi, like Indian classical musicians, would have ...

Traumatised by the Second World War, my Italian nonno [grandfather] found peace working in his suburban Australian veggie patch while blasting opera out the back window. We weren’t a musical family, ...

Opera is the most classical and traditional form of singing ever developed. The art form, which began in Italy, is now over 400 years old, and includes thousands of operas in most of the Western ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Malcolm X at the Met. Jaap van Zweden’s farewell to the New York Philharmonic. Premieres by Kate Soper and Ted Hearne. It’s shaping up to ...

The Philippine Opera Company (POC), headed by its artistic director Karla Gutierrez, has officially launched the latest batch of Opera Belles, an all-female singing group that merges operatic vocals ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Among the highlights: the reopening of David Geffen Hall, the premiere of ‘The Hours’ at the Met and visits from the Berlin and Los ...