Easily the most important opera of the last half century, “Einstein on the Beach,” at least at first, meant far more to those who witnessed it than to the art form itself, which couldn’t have cared ...

Fort Worth Opera presents Philip Glass’s mesmerizing fusion of opera and film. This performance also launches the company’s ...

Fort Worth Opera is bringing a spellbinding blend of music, cinema, and imagination to the Ridglea Theater this November as part of its 80th anniversary season. The company will present Philip Glass’s ...

Update: Portland Opera says the deal to record "Orphee" is on. It's taken a while and the final details aren't nailed down, but is "98 percent" likely to make its first commercial recording. The opera ...

Reminding us of the kind of kids’ storybook viewer into which slot circular wheels of film frames, this similar retro feel device likewise features two eyepieces, and indeed two lenses. Where it ...

Madison Opera is earning some well-deserved kudos for courageous programming and Thursday night’s performance of the Philip Glass opera, ?Galileo Galilee,? is a good example of why that is. First of ...

A drum beats. An accordion joins in, like the music of a clown. A trombone further adds a circusy effect. A bearded lady, aerial acrobat, juggler, lion tamer and trapeze artist all materialize under ...

Now we turn to the intersection of history and music. Philip Glass is one of this country's best-known composers. Christopher Hampton won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay of "Dangerous Liaisons." ...

Despite being commissioned for New York City Opera in 2008, the work is just having its U.S. premiere by Long Beach Opera. Back in 2008, Philip Glass was commissioned to write music for a new opera ...

What happened this past Friday night in the University of Michigan’s Power Center theater can’t really be called an opera, at least in traditional terms. But what became apparent during its duration ...

The rare musical instrument is the star of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," which runs through April 6 at the L.A. Opera. By Jordan Riefe In his book Mason & Dixon Thomas Pynchon wrote, “If ...