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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

There is a considerable wealth of classical music and opera in Wales. The popular perception of a tradition of the harp and the male voice choir is a long way from the 21st century reality of a ...

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 ...

Turnage’s Festen at the Royal Opera House swept all before it, but there was plenty of extraordinary new music, exhilarating performances and triumphs of talent, commitment and resourcefulness across ...

The director James Brining returned to Opera North to direct this revival of his spectacular production of The Magic Flute – he takes the view that the work is “a profound piece of art about humanity ...

During 2007, musicOMH.com has reviewed over 60 operas and something like 120 concerts. In addition, there have been interviews with many star singers including Simon Keenlyside, Gerald Finley, Philip ...

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 ...

Two years ago, moments before her first in-person meeting to discuss directing “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for Seattle Opera, Afghan film director Roya Sadat got a text message: The Taliban were ...

VIENNA, Va. (7News) — The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts released its lineup for the summer 2024 Wolf Trap Opera which will include classical symphony and dance performances. The season ...

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 ...