In this installment of ‘Opera Through the Ages,’ we enjoy the unadorned melodies and realistic stories of classical opera. In the 18th century, new philosophical and social movements began to appear ...

The quarreling lovers in Puccini’s La Bohème agree to stay together “until the season of flowers,” which, allowing for global warming, makes March 19 as good a date as any for the return of the Met’s ...

Opera is the most classical and traditional form of singing ever developed. The art form, which began in Italy, is now over 400 years old, and includes thousands of operas in most of the Western ...

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Up-and-coming musicians, part of a rigorous eight-week intensive program, return to perform in the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival (MMF) with a series of immersive performances, operas, and live ...

The musical head of Chicago Opera Theater doesn’t look like most bigtime opera conductors. For one, Lidiya Yankovskaya turned 33 in March, which is toddlerhood for maestros. For another, she’s female, ...