The plot of “The Ballad of Baby Doe” is based on an irresistibly romantic history that places it among other great American tragedies. Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance and the tragic ...

A poor young woman divorces her husband over his drinking, gambling and philandering, then catches the eye of a rich man almost twice her age — who leaves his wife for her. A telenovela plot? No, it ...

Opera North returns to Blow-Me-Down Farm in Cornish, New Hampshire, June 26-July 26 to present Rossini’s “La Cenerentola (Cinderella),” Douglas Moore’s “The Ballad of Baby Doe” and “Fiddler on the ...

“‘The Ballad of Baby Doe’ shows a man who breaks down and realizes his own failings in real-time,” he said. “Not every opera can say this is a real man. This is feasible (that) this is how it happened ...

"The Ballad of Baby Doe" is an American opera that Central City Opera premiered 70 years ago. The historic Colorado opera company is celebrating the anniversary with a new production that captures ...