There are strong performances and much to admire in Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s opera about the Japanese artist, but it feels strangely inert ‘I might become the art myself,” sings the artist ...

The season includes a jazzy reimagining of "The Pirates of Penzance," an opera based on a Stephen King novel and the Cooper-Bing vocal competition. Season subscriptions will go on sale April 20, and ...

Back in November, Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello figured out exactly how she would blow up the opera company’s 44-year relationship with the John F. Kennedy Center for ...

If only European generals had possessed the tactical skills of Opera Orlando’s leaders, perhaps World War I might have been a shorter and less bloody affair. Opera Orlando waited until it felt the ...

Everett Baumgarten in the title role of Rachel Portman's "The Little Prince," in a Feb. 2 dress rehearsal for a Dallas Opera production at the Winspear Opera House. A Pilot crash-lands in the Sahara, ...

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is seeing revived relevance and eager ...

There is no shortage of odd designs that have fallen in and out of fashion in the automobile industry over the years. Take, for instance, the weirdest car windows ever built, which you'd think ...

The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...

Critics worry that heckling, such as that at a recent Royal Opera performance, is becoming more common Opera audiences pride themselves on knowing when – and how – to make noise. Cries of “bravo”, ...

The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden opened its fourth revival of David McVicar’s famous 2008 production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” one day after the death of the Queen of England in 2022 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Opera Orlando is marking its ...

Washington National Opera’s divorce-in-progress from the Kennedy Center has triggered several custody battles to determine the future of its assets, including its $30 million endowment, the WNO ...