The Met’s new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I PURITANI made its debut on New Year’s Eve, but I caught up with it at its ...
"After he died, his body was dug up and moved seven times because people thought his fingers were possessed by the Devil" ...
Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect. Gelb compares her to Beverly Sills, ...
In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...
Entertainment season is heating up in Southwest Florida. And some of the area’s biggest events happen between now and April.
The Puccini opera where he gets the girl. But is she worth having? Is HE? The more I see Puccini’s final opera, “Turandot,” the more I’m left wondering if, had he not expired before its completion, he ...
The Royal Opera House’s Turandot has now been running so long it feels less like a revival and more like a listed structure. You don’t attend it so much as pass through it, like a familiar corridor or ...
Andrei Serban’s 40-year-old production is confidently revived by Jack Furness, while the vocal richness of the Russian soprano as its eponymous heroine takes things to another level When the Royal ...
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 16. Famous Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov performed on the stage of the Royal Ballet and Opera in London yesterday, Trend reports. A magnificent cast presented Puccini's ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Anna Netrebko made her return to the Royal Opera House in September, after a six year absence, a noisy pro ...