L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel ...

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata - the fallen woman- is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money and power in 19th century France. La traviata tells the heart wrenching story of courtesan Violetta ...

Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

Worst, because he stayed true to his principle of only working with a full-time company, and when the chorus unexpectedly accepted a nine-month contract, announced his departure. For the first time, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The 2016-2017 season ends with the fun and frivolity of The Pirates of Penzance.

Have you always wanted to venture to New York to catch the Metropolitan Opera, but you never had the chance? In the next few weeks, the Met is coming to you – or at least to your local movie theater.

April 8 11 a.m. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" Nina Stemme, Stuart Skelton, Ekaterina Gubanova, René Pape April 15 10:30 a.m. Verdi's "Aida" Liudmyla Monastyrska, Latonia Moore, Krassimira Stoyanova, ...

A diverse and dramatic trio of rarely produced operas headline the upcoming 2016 Wexford Festival Opera which takes place from 26 October – 6 November. The 2016 bash opens with Herculanum by Félicien ...

In its upcoming 21st season, Opera in the Heights will present four masterworks of operatic literature, including arguably the world's most beloved opera and operetta, La Bohème and Die Fledermaus, ...

Soprano Nadia Aguilar Regalado of Hartford and Torreón, Mexico and has been judged the “American Opera Idol 2016.” Opera Connecticut’s live competition for opera singers between ages 14 to 54 took ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — What's the difference between an opera and a musical? Theories abound. Some say opera is through-sung while musicals include spoken dialogue (although there are many operas with ...

The WhatsOnStage Opera Poll, still open for business until the turn of the year, gives a good sense of what caught my eye on the UK lyric stage this year. Do drop by if you haven’t already done so.