Preview of Atlanta Opera’s Saturday performance of ”La Belle et la Bête,“ Philip Glass' soundtrack to be presented alongside Jean Cocteau's 1946 film “Beauty and the Beast.” ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

If you think opera is static and stodgy, head to the top of the parking garage at 2nd and PCH in Long Beach. There, from May 21 to May 23, director James Darrah is staging an experimental (and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Just forget the glass slippers (they must have been excruciating to wear), and for goodness’ sake throw out that moldy ...

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 ...