Great is Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera. But much of its scenery is hideous, most of its stagecraft pompous, hidebound, stodgy. In Europe, opera is everywhere sung in the language of the land, whereas ...

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The Glyndebourne Festival, which receives little government support, has been mostly immune from recent convulsions of the opera industry in Britain. By Joshua Barone and Alice Zoo Urged to develop a ...

Opera buffs expecting a traditional opera at the world premiere of Signor Goldoni were surprised with English. The opera marks the third centennial of the birth of one of Venice's favorite sons, Carlo ...

In continental Europe opera is usually sung in the language of the country where it is produced. Thus in Germany Pagliacci becomes Bajazzo, in Italy Tristan nnd Isolde becomes Tristano e Isotta, in ...

Once upon a time there was an opera company that was in deep trouble. It was out of money. It had been through years of administrative upheaval, and its general director and music director were ...

The next production of Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre is more than simply a story set to stage. It represents an exploration into new ways of creating theater and an acknowledgment ...

The English National Opera is facing upheaval after its music director quit suddenly over proposed funding cuts. Martyn Brabbins announced his resignation on Sunday, saying proposals by management in ...

The Dallas Opera doesn’t have an offseason anymore. If you develop a craving for opera this summer, a performance is just a click away. All the operas in the Dallas Opera’s streaming library are free ...

This December, Opera in the Heights will open its 2022-23 season — a season that might not have happened if a number of people and organizations hadn't swooped in to work out a way to retain its home ...