Heartbeat Opera specializes in daring reductions of the classics, and this may be its most implausible undertaking yet.

Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We’re just going ...

The season's six productions are themed to twilight and transformation, as exemplified by Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. General & ...

Slovak set designer Boris Kudlička has been honoured with Poland's Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Cultural Merit, a prestigious ...

Polish opera director Mariusz Treliński has received the Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit, a prestigious state ...

Next weekend, a star-studded cast takes the stage in Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents Massenet's Cendrillon, a ...

Premiered simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne in 1920, Die tote Stadt certainly justified the lofty praise heaped on ...

The issue of cultural appropriation remains a hot topic in opera. Is it still PC to have Puccini’s Madama Butterfly set in Japan or his Turandot in China? And what is to be done with Verdi’s Aida, a ...

The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 at the Stockton University Performing Arts Center. It will be a full-scale ...

The Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv is set to perform in Reading. The internationally acclaimed theatre will be presenting two productions at The Hexagon – Puccini's Madama Butterfly on ...

"When you look at the history of Grand Opera, you see a lot of operas that are set in exotic locales," he said, citing "Aida" along with "Madama Butterfly," set in Japan, and "Turandot," set in China, ...