There's an old adage in sports that great players don't necessarily make great coaches. Leading a team is a gift all its own. But after seeing Minnesota Opera's "Carmen," I can assure you that star ...

It’s a cool evening in Chicago’s Humboldt Park at New Moon on the Lagoon, a lullaby parade sponsored by Opera-Matic. People of all ages and ethnicities follow lull-a-bikes around the lagoon, carrying ...

The Metropolitan Opera has broadcast radio performances for generations. Saturday, the Met beamed a live performance in high definition to movie theaters around the world. As Frank Morris of member ...

Not content to stage one opera this summer, TodiMusicFest will offer three. The lineup – grand opera, rock opera and jazz opera – may be stretching the definition of this musical genre. But this ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The podcast hopes to extend the appeal of opera, “an art form that comes with a fair bit of baggage,” to a larger audience. By Susanne Fowler For many ...

A few months ago, inside her stall in a Mexico City market, Ofelia Contreras showed Monika Essen the intricate handwork on an indigenous Mexican skirt. She pointed out how many months it took to ...

Mozart’s classic opera, Die Zauberflöte, or “The Magic Flute,” will be the next Metropolitan Opera High Definition opera broadcast scheduled for Saturday at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge.

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing is an institution in a hurry. Opened in 2007, the centre was initially better known for a slew of controversy: the design of its ...