The English Civil War provides obstacles to Bellini’s lovers, but instead of amping up the drama, the additional history ...

Condensing Melville’s vast and discursive work into a three-hour opera may have seemed as foolish as Captain Ahab’s increasingly desperate voyage to find the whale that maimed him, but Heggie and ...

4 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI All of this serves to amplify the artistic and theatrical excellence of the cast and highlight the expert ...

Experience a tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands with Opera in the Heights' season-opening production of Lucia di Lammermoor. This timeless opera, known for its ...

You can count on suffering to supply stage music with heft, and Huang Ruo’s choral drama Angel Island mined a mother lode of the stuff in its inaugural run at BAM this past week. Equal parts requiem, ...

Although Puccini’s “Turandot” and “Madama Butterfly” are under fire lately for their stereotypical depictions of Asian characters, opera companies are reluctant to eliminate these hugely popular ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An opera it was not, but in the world premiere of “mad scramble for crumbs,” Opera Saratoga presented a surrealist work of vocal art worth seeing, not only because it is ...

L-R: Jennifer Johnson Cano (Michele), Michael Mayes (David) and Elena Villalón (Sheila) in Santa Fe Opera's "The Righteous." Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Op SANTA FE, N.M. — There were, it’s true, ...

The Metropolitan Opera opened its season Monday with the company premiere of Grounded, with a score by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto by George Brant. Theater critic Sara Holdren and music critic ...