With opera stories ripped from today’s headlines and a competition between excerpts from contemporary productions, the upcoming Opera Vista Festival will be a bit like “American Idol” meets “Medea.” ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a monthly series from Rodney Veal that shares insights and stories from artists and creatives from all corners of our community. As the host of ThinkTV/CET Connect for ...

Resetting 150- to 300-year-old operas in modern times is nothing new for contemporary stage directors aiming to lure today’s audiences. But it’s rare for a 368-year-old baroque opera to seem ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The creative team includes Jessica Tivens-Schneiderman as director and producer, ...

The musical performance generally considered to represent the first true opera in the history of theatrical arts, Dafne, was composed in Italy in 1597. Humankind received the rutabaga shortly ...

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York's leading cultural venues, will present American Modern Opera Company: the echoing of tenses, on May 18, 2023 at 7:30pm ET in the Kaufmann Concert ...

Leaving the War Memorial Opera House earlier this month, after the West Coast premiere of Poul Ruder’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” I was left with a distinct thought: Is there where modern opera is going?

San Diego Opera production highlights Nixon's 1972 trip to China as inpiration ANCHOR INTRO: Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972 changed international relations forever. While you’d expect ...

In the heart of Priština, the capital of Kosovo, a small country in Southeast Europe, an architectural and cultural revolution is underway. The Kosovo Opera and Ballet Theatre, recently unveiled, ...

For most of the twentieth century, Los Angeles was the only American metropolis without a full-fledged opera house. This turned out to be no bad thing for the city’s spirited, unpredictable modern ...