The San Diego Opera's Words and Music program has kids writing operas. Check out the video of the rehearsal of their "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." It's a hot summer morning in Barrio Logan. Students are ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of musical theater’s most influential composers. He is known for creating some of history’s most successful and long-running shows. Born in London in 1948, he has composed ...

Lesley Dill discovered the intoxicating power of Emily Dickinson’s telegraphic verse as a 40-year-old artist with little interest in poetry. When her mother gave her a book of Dickinson’s work as a ...

"Prima la musica e poi le parole" -- first the music and then the words. The proposition that music precedes the text in opera -- and its contrary -- are the subject of Richard Strauss' autumnal ...

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a ...

After a shutdown during the pandemic, the City Opera House in Traverse City is finally re-opening its doors to the public. And they’re doing it by hosting a live audience for a local radio show – that ...

Every other June, music fans flock to the Boston Early Music Festival for a week-long extravaganza of some of the best historically informed performances of music anywhere in the world. Since its ...

This performance of musical excerpts from operas was a unique and memorable evening at the new opera house When Gioachino Rossini began composing William Tell in 1828, little did he know that it would ...

Daniel Bernard Roumain claims Tulsa Opera cancelled the premiere of his new work intended to mark the centenary of the 1921 Tulsa ‘Greenwood’ Massacre, when he refused to amend one word. A Black ...

The first-ever opera house, Teatro San Cassiano, was opened in Venice, Italy, on May 6, 1637. Since then, resplendent opera houses have appeared all around the world in major cities as part of their ...