Opera is a very old form of art. It has been developed throughout the centuries. It has its own language and rules and a very particular and enthusiastic public. But now we are in the 21st century, ...

Marina Abramović may be one of the only people who could turn an opera into an endurance test. Not just for herself (the 76-year-old performance artist spends an hour of the 90-minute performance ...

Loudon Wainwright III, the father of the man of the hour, said: “Fear of failing, fear of aging, fear of love, fear of everything. This opera basically has it all.” Perhaps. But it didn’t have a fear ...

What do you get when Marco Brambilla, Marina Abramovic, and Iris Van Herpen band together to interpret a 1902 opera? We're all ears—and eyes. Emoji Major No. 2: Jay Z’s “Picasso Baby” This week, ...

NEW YORK -- Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is nearly four hours long, but very little happens in terms of pure plot: The title characters are foes, then lovers, then dead. The piece endures ...

FILE -- A scene from Robert Wilson's "The Fables of la Fontaine" is performed at the Lincoln Center Festival in New York, July 10, 2007. The creators of a new "Tristan und Isolde" production explain ...