The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of culture, and is no stranger to the art of opera. With several long-standing opera companies, Bay Area residents and visitors alike have numerous spots to ...

Watching a "top-notch" opera is a "unique thrill", said Nicholas Kenyon in The Telegraph. The "unforgettable mix of words, music, action and spectacle" can be spellbinding. And, despite intense ...

It was a year for outstanding individual performances, especially from relative newcomers, and at least three flawless ...

Dead Man Walking. performed by English National Opera, with Michael Mayes as Joseph De Rocher and Christine Rice as Sister Helen - Alastair Muir Opera flourishes: in spite of all the financial ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the Berlin Philharmonic, a new opera by Missy Mazzoli and bits of old ones by Schubert. By Zachary ...

The Metropolitan Opera's recording of Terrence Blanchard's Champion has received the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The award was given to conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin; principal ...

From the meteoric rise of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko to performance-packed festivals that sell out months in advance, opera is having its 21st century moment. There’s the growing popularity of live ...

A few weeks ago we did the best second-best symphonies. This week we’re going to do the best second-best operas. For the sake of argument, a composer’s second-best opera is any opera that isn’t his ...