Benita Valente, 91, a revered lyric soprano whose voice thrilled listeners with its purity and seeming effortlessness, died ...

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" from Jan. 23-26, followed by Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" from ...

The Duet Endowment Trust Gala Concert held on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Artscape proved once again that South Africa is home to some of the most remarkable artistic talent in the world. Featuring ...

Jacopo Peri’s “Euridice,” composed for a Medici court wedding in 1600, holds the title of the oldest extant opera.

Phyllida Lloyd’s production of La Bohème for Opera North is over 32 years old but still feels young. And for its audiences it ...

Have you ever considered free improvisation musicians as part of a sangha? The Sanskrit word sangha means community, and in Buddhist practice, it refers to the collective of seekers who support one ...

With mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in the title role of this revival, which opened Tuesday night, that impression was ...

For the first time ever, Houston Grand Opera has mounted a full presentation of Puccini's trio of one-act operas.

Warner Bros. submits “I Lied to You” and “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” for Oscar consideration.

Critic Lloyd Schwartz tells a story about Lezhneva, a Russian singer he "discovered" a few months ago — without realizing he already owned a 2015 recording of her rendition of Handel's early oratorio.

In composer Leoncavallo’s nineteenth-century Italy, the fate of indiscreet wives fell under the legal doctrine of honor ...