Conducted by Tomáš Hanus and directed by Dirk Schmeding, the production continues the company’s ongoing run of the opera, with performances scheduled throughout late March. The creative team also ...

The opera’s allure has drawn in movie stars, socialites, royalty, and more throughout the years.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Audiences are packing the theater for a new “Tristan und Isolde.” Everyone can see the same spectacle, but they probably don’t hear ...

Opera has released its gaming-centric browser for Linux. With Opera GX, you get plenty of killer features for everyday use. Opera GX is free to install and use. I use a lot of web browsers. I ...

At the start of the opera “Dialogues des Carmelites,” Blanche de la Force, the daughter of a French nobleman, decides to become a nun and join the Carmelite sisters at Compiegne. The French Revolution ...

Lisette Oropesa, the soprano from Louisiana, has become a big, big singer. She is rail thin (a runner and a vegan). But she is a prima donna in New York, Salzburg, and elsewhere. I remember a time ...

The Metropolitan Opera announced that it will partner with the Saudi Music Commission. The move comes as the opera house is facing a major financial strain after withdrawing over $100,000 million from ...

Returning from the dead, an aspiration devoutly to be wished by the living and the bereaved, permeates opera and theater. Billy Bigelow gets to come back in “Carousel.” In “The Flying Dutchman,” the ...

San Diego Opera will close its season of classics next weekend with one of the world’s most popular operas, Georges Bizet’s 1875 tragedy “Carmen.” This will be the 11th production of “Carmen” in San ...

It’s no wonder The Princess Bride is such a beloved film: It’s action-packed but still lighthearted, sweet but not saccharine, silly but still smart—and, of course, endlessly quotable. Fortunately, in ...