From Bizet's Carmen to Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, French composers have made an indelible mark on the history of opera. This week on The Opera Show, hear some of the greatest French operatic ...

Opera’s 60th anniversary season in 2027 continues the State premier opera company’s longstanding tradition of sharing stories, using the human voice to speak directly to the heart.

Opera is full of human stories of love, heartbreak and deceit, paired with extravagant scores and lavish stage productions. Which operas should you start with? These five are the most performed operas ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The last time I stood outside the music director’s office at the Royal Opera House in London, the sound of a ...

Current, Rising at the Royal Opera House, London, takes its audience on a dizzying journey through strange realms. Could this be the future? “Start with your feet, Earth-kin,” coos soprano Anna Dennis ...

Insurrection: A Work in Progress by Peter Brathwaite will highlight folk traditions as a form of resistance A leading British opera singer is developing a work based on the music of his enslaved ...