Portland State University's award-winning Opera program will present "Così fan tutte," a two-act opera buffa by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Directed by Layna ...

Opera Picciona will stage Bastien Und Bastienne and Le 66 at the Fred and Adele Astaire Ballroom in New York on June 26 and ...

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 ...

The opera is one of many that Handel wrote as part of London’s craze for the Italian opera seria form – which featured multiple arias for its virtuoso singers – and began when he himself composed ...

Now looming large at our own Virginia Opera, “Aida” is grand opera with an equally monumental history: in its origins, its past performances and its theatrical punch. This particular “Aida” is large ...

We also witness Kosky developing the intense imagination which powered his Rheingold and Walküre. That his wise, compassionate ancient Erda would be with us throughout was a given, but not how he'd ...

HOUSTON, TX, January 15, 2026 —Asia Society Texas (AST) welcomes the return of The Big Swim! A witty, heartwarming one-act opera sure to delight families and opera lovers alike, The Big Swim is a ...

Readers respond to Rebecca Humphries’s article about the actor’s much criticised comments on opera and ballet Every generation seems to produce someone ready to declare opera and ballet irrelevant.

Timothée Chalamet infuriated the ballet and opera communities with one backhanded comment. The backlash got so intense that his Oscar buzz even declined days ahead of the 2026 Academy Awards, for ...

In an age of tarnished heroic ideals, the characterisation of Siegfried remains one of the toughest challenges facing both singer and director of a Ring cycle. To what extent should the character ...

The main stage at the Royal Opera House allows ample space for bold, expansive productions (it doesn’t always get them). But if you’re looking for something more claustrophobic, more menacing, the ...

Government funding for opera has outstripped support for brass bands by a factor of seven in recent years, sparking accusations of "snobbishness" and a "southern and metropolitan bias" in arts funding ...