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

It’s an interesting question: Can you miss something you’ve never actually seen? The unequivocal answer can be found in New Orleans, where pining over the loss of culturally significant edifices — ...

Grandiose space images from NASA's Hubble telescope might be the last thing you'd expect see in an early 20th century French opera. However, Marco Brambilla, the artist behind epic video art ...

Jenny Ribeiro is getting ready to storm the Bastille. On July 14 — aka Bastille Day, aka French National Day — she and the non-profit she leads will present an afternoon of French opera at the Grace ...

2 Review: MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE at The Metropolitan Opera EM: I'm so impressed with what I've been reading and hearing about you. Your upcoming schedule is mind-boggling. BH: Yes, it's a little ...

She achieved distinction in Europe with French opera roles and songs, but audiences also cherished her performances of operetta and works by Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie. By Steve Smith Mady ...

Opera has always been a means for voicing political dissent. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro criticized the aristocracy. Verdi’s operas reflected on Italy’s struggle for independence. John Adams wrote ...

PARIS – Immortalized in the canvases of Edgar Degas and the novels of Victor Hugo, ballet dancers and opera singers occupy a cherished position in the French imagination. But these days, they are ...

PARIS — Immortalized in the canvases of Edgar Degas and the novels of Victor Hugo, ballet dancers and opera singers occupy a cherished position in the French imagination. But these days, they are ...