The English Civil War provides obstacles to Bellini’s lovers, but instead of amping up the drama, the additional history ...

From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...

The busy mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti has made a career out of versatility: “I think generally people should not do only one ...

Most of Poland’s symphony orchestras and opera companies invite music fans to special New Year’s Eve concerts featuring a ...

Palau de Les Arts opened its 2025-26 season with a brand-new production of “Faust,” coproduced with La Scala de Milán, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, and Teatro Real Madrid. Les Arts continues to ...

New AI search product delivers ads within Opera's Aria AI, unlocking engaging native experiences for its users. AMP Discover sets a new standard for speed, relevance, and scale in AI-native search. It ...

Few operas have enjoyed such an enviable fate as Gounod's Faust. Well received at its premiere, followed by international success, which still makes it the most performed French opera in the world ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Virginia Woolf, in her essay “The Lives of the Obscure,” savors the potential fascination of reading authors whom posterity has cast aside: “One likes romantically to feel oneself a deliverer ...

Prologue. Time, the early 1930s; place, Manhattan. A series of vignettes depicts the childhood successes of a little blonde from Brooklyn, Belle (“Bubbles”) Silverman. At three, she sings and ...

First seen in 2004, McVicar’s staging still has all the illicit sheen and lure of Marguerite’s jewels. In an era of austerity (even at the Royal Opera) this kind of old-school, expensive theatricality ...

WhatsOnStage delved into the rehearsal room for the Royal Opera House’s staging of Faust, opening later this week. Directed by David McVicar, the production returns following its last run in 2019. Set ...