Two very different Verdi operas are playing on the Metropolitan Opera stage. One production embraces every recent trend and the other comes across as a relic. In a way, each meets an operatic ideal.

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed. By Yuval ...

Michel van der Aa’s “Theory of Flames” originates from a question: “How can we relate to people if we don’t believe in the same reality?” Michel van der Aa’s film opera “Theory of Flames,” premiering ...

From plays to musicals, operas to operettas, and everything in between, the genres of theater can get confusing, and the criteria of what makes each different can be unclear. Shakespeare famously ...

The Canadian Opera Company presents a 2017/2018 season that defies conventions on what opera can be and cements the art form's enduring relevance as a reflection of timeless human relations and ...