Opera News

Joyce Field is kind of an opera nut, and she's the first to admit it. Case in point: When the Metropolitan Opera in New York first began broadcasting live performances in movie theaters here and across the country, a massive snowstorm hit West Lafayette, Field said.

Messiah is 272 years old, but the Vancouver Bach Choir is bringing something new to its upcoming production of the seasonal classic.

An ideal performance of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah," according to conductor Stephen Stubbs , would be to dramatize it as much as possible.

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera will present two Barnett and Company Masterworks series concerts in January.

Shane Koyczan's Stickboy is part of the Vancouver Opera's numerous strategies to reach new audiences in new places.

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh blasted President Obama Tuesday for shaking the hand of Cuban leader Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's funeral, declaring it a soap operatic gesture designed to elevate the president "on the world stage."

The Milanese opera house La Scala took another step in its artistic and managerial transition on Tuesday by confirming that Riccardo Chailly will be its new musical director, replacing Daniel Barenboim.

In this undated picture provided Saturday Dec. 7, 2013 by La Scala press office, Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, in the role of Alfrendo, right, and Serb baritone Zeljko Lucic, in the role of Giorgio, perform during a rehearsal of the second act of Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", conducted by Daniele Gatti.

Angela Meade as Alice, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Quickly, Lisette Oropesa as Nannetta, and Jennifer Johnson Cano as... Read More Angela Meade as Alice, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Quickly, Lisette Oropesa as Nannetta, and Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page in "Falstaff."

Another bright star of old Hollywood is gone. Eleanor Parker , who received three Academy Award nominations, including for her inspired portrayal of soprano Marjorie Lawrence in the 1955 film "Interrupted Melody," died Monday in Palm Springs.

Soon audiences around the world will be able to see some of the most famous ballets in the Bolshoi Theater's repertoire on the big screen.

THE Metropolitan Players' staging of the musical The Phantom of the Opera was the big winner at last week's City of Newcastle Drama Awards.

Morningside Opera, the NYC-based opera company that most recently presented the acclaimed Figaro! , is proud to present HERE BE SIRENS, the world premiere of a new dramatic composition by award-winning composer Kate Soper , directed by OBIE Award-winner Rick Burkhardt .

A re-imagined version of one of the most successful musicals of all time has come to Rhode Island.

You may have read by now that Jennifer Grout, 23, a Boston-Irish student who's had her voice trained for opera singing, came second in the Arabs Got Talent competition without speaking more than five words of Arabic.

Milan opera buffs who wanted a Verdi opera to open a La Scala season in the bicentenary year of his birth got their way this past weekend, but many were not pleased with the new production of "La Traviata" they paid premium prices to see.

The "Piano Man" who became one of the world's best-selling artists of all time with such hits as "Just the Way You Are," ''Uptown Girl" and "Allentown" was awarded the nation's highest honor Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts.

Stephanie Blythe as Mistress Quickly and Ambrogio Maestri in the title role of Verdi's "Falstaff."

An indoor swimming pool will be the setting for three additional performances of Chicago Opera Theater's production of "Orpheus and Euridice."

Opera ain't just for sophisticated folks wearing fancy duds anymore, now geeks and gamers can enjoy some dramatic singing thanks to the virtual performance OPERAcraft .