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 ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

Following a period of limited waitlist access, Opera Neon, the company’s subscription-based AI-powered browser, is now generally available. Here’s what it can do. A few months ago, Opera released Neon ...

NORTHAMPTON — As I walked and whistled out of the Academy of Music on Nov. 9, Able Seaman Paul Peelle — still made up for the stage and dressed in stripes of white and Royal Navy blue — reminded me of ...

Sting will be an Englishman in New York once more next summer when his 2014 Broadway musical, The Last Ship, gets a nine-performance run at the Metropolitan Opera House from June 9 through June 14.

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

A modern twist on a 100 year old film is coming to Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis. On Halloween night, a full orchestra will play along to the silent film 'Phantom of the Opera'. There will be a ...

Roberta Alexander, an acclaimed soprano and opera singer, died of a heart attack at her home in the Netherlands, according to her manager. She was 76. She was celebrated for her tone and expressive ...

Eric Lu, a 27-year-old American classical pianist, won the top prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday. The prestigious event, which happens every five years ...

Kevin Chen, a 20-year-old pianist from Calgary, has finished second at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw while American Eric Lu went home with the gold. Chen was one ...

Japan's Shiori Kuwahara won fourth prize in the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the contest organizers announced Tuesday. The 30-year-old Kuwahara's achievement marks ...