Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few ...

The Cleveland Orchestra’s recent performances of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” join concerts that fill a gap in American opera.

San Francisco Opera's revival of Strauss' "Elektra" is a devastating triumph, powered by Eun Sun Kim, Elena Pankratova and a ...

A little more than a century ago, a handful of Cleveland’s leading women founded The Cleveland Institute of Music. “They believed that if classical music performance was going to be studied at a ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s coming 2026-27 season will include seven operas — “Don Giovanni,” “Omar,” “Don Pasquale,” “Hérodiade: An Opera in Concert,” “Ariadne auf Naxos,” “La traviata,” and “Susannah” ...

The Jacobs Opera and Ballet Theater will premiere Jonathan Dove’s “Mansfield Park” beginning Friday at the Musical Arts Center as part of IU’s larger celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. The ...

Omar by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels makes its Lyric debut with three performances in October 2026. The opera is based on the life of African Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said, who was ...

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Full disclosure, prior to attending this performance, I had never been to the opera before. Like many, I assumed it was a very high brow, serious affair that only the upper echelons of society would ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. James Conlon has begun his long goodbye as music director of Los Angeles Opera, and he does so by boasting big ...