Is Billy Budd Benjamin Britten’s greatest opera? Personally, I would go farther and say it’s not only Britten’s greatest ...

Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, a premiere by Ellen Reid and a multitasking performance by Barbara Hannigan are among the ...

This week, it emerged that audiences had been booing the evil Baron Scarpia (played by Belarussian baritone Vladislav ...

There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on Greek mythology, showing how much it still speaks to us today over ...

A fantasy for some opera lovers would be basking in arias by composers whose complex and memorable characters spring to life at the conductor’s downbeat. This dream will be realized Wednesday when ...

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.

In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote. Franz Schubert in a drawing from around 1820. When he ...