When it comes to the holidays in the opera world there are few standards as beloved as Gian Carlo Menotti’s AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS. The first opera written expressly for television and first ...

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — At long last, vindication has arrived for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was just as capable of breathing life into Italy’s grand theaters as into gritty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composed as a love letter to the iconic hot sauce during the 1800s, the Burlesque Opera of Tabasco has not been performed in over ...

Gabriel Preisser had an idea, the kind of idea about which cartoon characters would say, “That’s so crazy it just might work.” What if a beloved and sacred musical tradition for many could be expanded ...

Lyric Opera’s Don Giovanni almost manhandles the giant Municipal Auditorium Municipal Auditorium is a beautiful structure built in 1926. Since the ’40s it was used as an opera venue among other things ...

You know the thrill you get when something you thought irretrievably lost turns up unexpectedly. (I, for instance, would be ecstatic to find my cell phone, missing in action since Friday.) So imagine ...

(St. Louis Public Radio) – Contrary to any stuffy misconceptions, opera isn’t something one simply observes or sits through – especially not an opera like “Lost in the Stars.” That’s according to ...

Come to Lost in Thought as a gentle meditation, an exercise in communal activity, or come just for four hours of peace. You can talk about meaningful silences or the Japanese concept of “Ma” all you ...