It’s intermission during the final dress rehearsal of Los Angeles Opera’s new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The invited audience, a potpourri of students and seniors, are milling about in the ...

Friedrich Heinrich Kern plays a version of the glass harmonica called the verrophone for Opera Philadelphia's production of "Written on Skin." (Emma Lee/WHYY) On Friday, Opera Philadelphia will ...

In the modern day arena of Harvard Square, Vera Meyer plays the sounds of 200 years past. invented by Benjamin Franklin. The instrument very often does not ring *** bell, but its sound is captivating.

Benjamin Franklin's haunting 18th-century glass harmonica was brought back to life in the 1980s. Benjamin Franklin's haunting 18th-century glass harmonica was brought back to life in the 1980s.