On a recent Tuesday morning, a group of elementary school kids gathered in a gymnasium for a theatrical interpretation of one ...

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

The Resident Artist Program has been integral to Minnesota Opera for many years. First introduced in 1997, the program offers ...

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

The old seats are out at the Fredonia Opera House, leaving a large open space that won’t be there for long. Social media ...

Cork Opera House has announced three flagship events as part of its 170th year of celebrations. Since opening its doors in 1855, this iconic Leeside performing arts venue has welcomed tens of millions ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your Munich visit coincides with the opera’s annual summer festival and you’d like to attend a free live broadcast from the National Theatre/open-air concert at Max ...

Leoš Janáek is now acknowledged as one of the greatest opera composers of the early 20th century and Jenufa is perhaps his finest and certainly his most intense work. It is not often seen, however, ...

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

It was nicely appropriate that one of the ovations on first night should be for conductor Jakub Hrusa, who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House.

Guth’s symbolic, psychologically probing production seems more potent than ever with Hrusa at the helm. The musical directorship of the Royal Opera is, on this showing, in safe hands.

the impact he gets from the house orchestra is seared on the memory. The composer's first great score has its problems in a not always clear orchestration – later he went for extremes, which pose ...