Opera News

Mariachi music fans here have had mixed feelings about their annual festival since the addition of Latino rock 'n' roll, salsa music and even opera to the lineup.

While it is not their most famous rock opera -- that would be the one with a certain deaf, dumb and blind boy, Pinball Wizard, Acid Queen and good ol' Uncle Ernie -- the Who's Quadrophenia is in many ways the superior work.

The place was the sanctuary of St Paul's Episcopal Church in Lee's Summit, Missouri, Sunday afternoon, July 27, 2104.

The series provided an exclusive, in-depth look at the artistic and technological challenges that collaborators The Industry, L.A. Dance Project and Sennheiser faced in creating the world's first large scale opera for wireless headphones.

The Berlin-born Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon left behind a body of watercolours and text she called "Life? or Theatre?" before she was killed at Auschwitz in 1943 at age 26, carrying her unborn child.

By the time the 2014 edition of Madison Opera's Opera in the Park closed with an encore of "It's a Grand Night for Singing," the assembled forces under John DeMain were only stating yet again what had been proved many times over for an audience of upwards of 14,000 folks in Garner Park Saturday night.

Singer Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Don Giovanni performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, Austria, July 24, 2014.

Bergonzi served in World War II in an anti-aircraft artillery unit, and was interned in a German forced labor camp for three years.

Koyaanisqatsi. Koyaanisqatsi. Koyaanisqatsi. So chimes the mesmerising soundtrack accompanying this movie.

GREAT NIGHT OUT: Opera companies from across the globe perform Songs of Friendship to delighted crowds in the theatre's half-finished extension.

What: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conclude the Americas & Americans festival with a celebration of film composers and a special guest performance by Gustavo Santaolalla and a suite from Dudamel's own score to “Libertador.

OUR GUESTS ARE FROM THE OPERA "LA BOHEME" AND "RENT." LET'S WELCOME BRANDON GRAVES...GLOW'S COMPANY MANAGER...DIANA THOMPSON WHO PLAYS MUSETTA IN LA BOHEME...AND LERYN TURLINGTON WHO PLAYS MAUREEN IN RENT.

The prestigious Salzburg Festival is known for its classical performances of Mozart and Bach, but this year the spotlight is on a new modern opera telling the story of German artist and Holocaust victim Charlotte Salomon.

I keep telling the people on our board, I want the people who fly from Chicago to San Francisco to see an opera to go, "Wait a minute.

The final event in this summer's season of the Merola Opera Program is the Grand Finale, which will take place next month at the War Memorial Opera House.

The 13th annual Opera in the Park drew thousands of people to Madison's Garner Park for a night of music.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to investigate whether Chief Whip and Home Secretary should have declared tickets to Royal Box at Covent Garden Michael Gove and Theresa May have been reported to Parliament's sleaze watchdog over their failure to register lavish hospitality at the Royal Opera House as the guests of a millionaire.

Last month, the Minnesota Opera announced its commission of Dinner at Eight , a new comic opera by composer William Bolcom and librettist Mark Campbell , based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber .

In any production of "The Phantom of the Opera," things first really kick into gear when Christine descends into the Phantom's lair, lured by that intoxicating voice that's already firmly lodged inside her mind.

There's ambition rooted in the pursuit of personal glory, and then there's creative ambition, rooted in a desire to do what hasn't already been done.