Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata - the fallen woman- is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money and power in 19th century France. La traviata tells the heart wrenching story of courtesan Violetta ...

Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

The 2016-17 Utah Opera season opens in October 2016 with Bizet's "Carmen," which was last performed on the Utah Opera stage in January 2010 and is considered one of the most popular and frequently ...

Portland Opera concluded its inaugural summer season with enough steam to continue with the new format next year. The opera gambled big in 2014 when it decided to shift its shows to a May-August ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito ...

This fall, just in time for Halloween, CU Boulder’s Eklund Opera Program is set to bring Johann Strauss, Jr.’s glittering masked ball operetta to Macky Auditorium. “Die Fledermaus,” consistently ...

April 8 11 a.m. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" Nina Stemme, Stuart Skelton, Ekaterina Gubanova, René Pape April 15 10:30 a.m. Verdi's "Aida" Liudmyla Monastyrska, Latonia Moore, Krassimira Stoyanova, ...

Brenda Rae and James Morris in William Kentridge's ENO production of Berg's 'Lulu' For the first time, Garsington’s new productions outshone Glyndebourne’s (though see below for an extra-seasonal ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — What's the difference between an opera and a musical? Theories abound. Some say opera is through-sung while musicals include spoken dialogue (although there are many operas with ...

The WhatsOnStage Opera Poll, still open for business until the turn of the year, gives a good sense of what caught my eye on the UK lyric stage this year. Do drop by if you haven’t already done so.