But the most interesting figures are a pair of opera singers: a tenor conscripted into the German army, and his beloved.

The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to ...

Read our review of The Great Wave at Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Dai Fujikura’s new opera gets bogged down in biographical detail ...

The setting shift to 1930s upper-crust America gives the revival of the farcical operatic comedy a modern zing and just feels comfortable and fun.

Conventional wisdom has it that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” has been a bankable opera house favorite for more ...

In 2016, when Richard Jones's production of Musorgsky's original 1869 Boris Godunov first amazed us, Putin had invaded Crimea ...

Opera companies have long craved a compact, family-friendly hit, good for all ages, like ballet’s Nutcracker. Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors still gets done, although it now seems a bit musty.

AMHERST — Opera channels our clearest emotions: those so innate that they splash out in naive singsong, and those so deep that, when released, they can only bear to be sung. “The Onion,” with a ...

The Glimmerglass Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this season (through Aug. 17), changed the face of American opera. Along with its fellow summer festivals in Santa Fe and St. Louis, ...

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