PHILADELPHIA (AP) 鈥 Nina Stemme tilted back her head after the final notes of her 126th and last Isolde performance, and her eyes filled with tears.
Soprano Patricia Racette will become artistic director of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, filling a key management position of a company she…
Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London's Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini's…
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 鈥淒avidsen Goes out with a Bang,鈥 read the headline in Broadway World鈥檚 review of the Metropolitan Opera revival of Beethoven鈥檚…
CHICAGO (AP) 鈥 The Lyric Opera of Chicago鈥檚 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all pi…
When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville鈥檚 masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: 鈥淢oby-D…
The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays a…
PARIS (AP) 鈥 Calixto Bieito turned introspective as he sat in a cafe across from the Op茅ra Bastille, where his production of the first night W…
Otto Schenk, an actor who became a noted director praised for traditional opera productions and criticized by advocates of contemporary approa…
Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her planned role debut in Strauss' 鈥淎riadne auf Naxos鈥 at the Vienna State Opera and been replaced by Lise Da…