In his play Elisabeth II, the renowned Austrian author Thomas Bernhard creates the character of a cantankerous but highly ...

The operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) are dramas for today. They seem uncannily topical, treating human ...

According to Lyric Opera of Chicago, the milestone performance falls within the production's eight-show run, which stretches ...

Claus Guth’s ‘Mitridate, re di Ponto’ brings a striking staging and supple singing to Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo ...

Everybody is familiar with Mozart’s most famous operas: “The Magic Flute,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” and “Don Giovanni.” But few are familiar with “Bastien and Bastienne,” a one-act singspiel (a ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is remembered as one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. His compositions are still revered as among the best classical music ever written. Part of Mozart’s legacy ...

Among the many risks taken by Opera Philadelphia over the past two years, none has been greater than the current production of Mitridate, re di Ponto — the quirk of it all being that such a risk is ...

An updated Mozart classic, set in modern-day Beverly Hills, tackles race and immigration issues. By Jordan Riefe 90210 Production Still - H 2015 In the wake of 2008’s economic meltdown, Guerrerio ...

Opera Idaho brings Mozart’s "The Abduction" to the Egyptian Theatre, blending comedy, romance, and dazzling vocals ...

An ongoing controversy in opera production today is the question of “creator’s intentions,” that is, how a composer might have expected his work to look and sound upon the stage. The fact that these ...