Frank Skinner found himself at the centre of a rather awkward fight during a visit to the English National Opera when he was accosted by a man after taking a selfie. The comedian and TV presenter, 68, ...

Just forget the glass slippers (they must have been excruciating to wear), and for goodness’ sake throw out that moldy pumpkin coach. Gioachino Rossini’s (1792-1868) “La Cenerentola,” though funny (it ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra will hold a concert at the Pablo Center, Sunday, November 16 at 2:00 p.m. News Release: The Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, led by Dr. Matthew ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Giovanni Sala is persuasive as her strutting if ultimately fragile lover, Ferrando. Luca Micheletti, an actor ...

Tyrese Byrd as Ubaldo, Botond Pál as Rinaldo, and Emily Helenbrook as the title character in Opera Neo’s “Armida.” (Photo courtesy Gary Payne Photography) What was it about the story of Armida and ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in the 2025 Parent Guide, an IDS special publication. The Musical Arts Center, located across the street from Read Quadrangle on Eagleson Avenue, is ...

WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday, July 31; Monday, Aug. 4; Saturday, Aug. 9; Tuesday, Aug. 12; Saturday, Aug. 16; Friday, Aug. 22. WHERE: Santa Fe Opera, 301 Opera Drive, Santa ...

Garsington’s airy and luminous opera pavilion challenges any interpreter of a work so filled – dramatically and musically – with the subterranean darkness of buildings, of institutions, and of the ...

"Tartuffe," a 17th-century farce by the comedic genius playwright Moliere, was turned into an opera buffa by American composer Kirke Mechem in 1980 and has been widely performed to acclaim ever since.

Comic opera is an elusive and diffi cult form to bring off successfully, and for most composers the first attempt is the last. Now Hans Werner Henze, a severely modernist composer who con sidered that ...

For its 61st season, San Diego Opera announced today a three-show season that will feel both familiar and inviting to audiences: Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and ...

New Yorkers who visit Berlin often feel at home—the German city is busy, sprawling, decidedly unquaint, has efficient public transportation, and is packed with culture. Glass-enclosed malls rub up ...