Watching a "top-notch" opera is a "unique thrill", said Nicholas Kenyon in The Telegraph. The "unforgettable mix of words, music, action and spectacle" can be spellbinding. And, despite intense ...

In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote. Franz Schubert in a drawing from around 1820. When he ...

If there’s one thing George Smith can’t stand it’s opera done poorly. That’s why he insists on matching the right voice with the right material for performances of the Rochester Aria Group. "I think ...

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" from Jan. 23-26, followed by Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" from ...

“There’s something about people like Maria Callas, but also Angelina Jolie — these women have a physical presence on a stage, in front of a camera or even just in a room, and you feel the enormous ...

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.

Jolie stars as world-famous opera star Maria Callas in director Pablo Larrain's biopic, which was acquired by Netflix and makes its world premiere at Venice: "This movie wouldn't exist without ...