In 1990, working in a tiny fringe theatre, I needed to earn some extra cash. Some bar work, I thought, perhaps waiting tables ...

Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate makes his Lyric mainstage debut with, “safronia,” loosely based on his family’s own Great ...

The company’s 2026-27 season lineup also features seven operas, including “Don Giovanni,” “Omar” and “Susannah.” Plus, a new ...

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” a powerful and kaleidoscopic depiction of mass violence and its aftermath, has arrived at the ...

Floyd, who spent two decades at UH,s is often known as the father of American opera. Now, two of his works are receiving ...

Composer Rene Orth's award-winning opera 10 Days in a Madhouse will receive its Canadian premiere at the Luminato Festival, ...

Florida Grand Opera and AllStar Encore will present OPERA & ALL-STARS on May 6 at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center, featuring ...

I can highly recommend the current run of Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House. To hear Mark Elder in the pit draw every nuance ...

Recent performances by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Philadelphia Orchestra offered music by Duke Ellington and John ...

Breath’ at Antalya Opera was less a world premiere than a folkloric fiasco, turning skilled opera voices into a confused high ...

Much of American classical, like European, emanates from folk music. For its spring tour, the Vermont Symphony’s Jukebox tour ...

When Vilma Jää enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music she never expected to end up playing a major role in one of the ...