In American music, honors are always more attractive than performances. Honors mean piety, publicity, and parties; performances mean hard decisions about repertory, personnel, box office, rehearsals, ...

Bampton Classical Opera is set to stage André Grétry's 'Beauty and the Beast' ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by If opera at its best aspires to a different world, then we need to cultivate an anti-elite approach to how it is created and performed. By Yuval ...

Going to the theater can seem like it comes with a long list of don’ts: Don’t be late, don’t be on your phone, don’t talk, and don’t allow anything to distract from the performance. But for many ...

London marked the 2026 World Cup kick-off with SeokJong Baek and the Royal Opera Chorus performing Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ in Covent Garden.

In an era of rapid-fire entertainment, dopamine loops, and algorithm-tailored content, opera can seem like an antique—ornate, expensive, and out of step with our culture of convenience. Why would ...