For a landmark given a very sedate, regal introduction, the Sydney Opera House’s 50th anniversary was capped with a very 21st-century display. Spectators outside the iconic building were on Oct. 20 ...

A new opera by American composer Nico Muhly is reimagining the myth of Aphrodite through a contemporary lens, exploring beauty, desire and identity in a strikingly relevant way. Aphrodite had its ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, a modern opera composed in the raucous, anarchic Weimar ...

The first big event in London's music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold's 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... Not that long ago, in the crush bar of any ...

In recent years, adaptation of acclaimed contemporary literary works to operas has become a prominent phenomenon in the creation of modern opera. This phenomenon is partly because outstanding literary ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Alexander Borodin, who was a chemist as well as a composer, was probably first-rate at concocting ...