Skelton had a chance to speak with OperaWire about the role of Tristan, making his Philadelphia Orchestra debut, and ...

OperaWire spoke to the soprano in anticipation of her Philadelphia performances regarding Isolde, Wagner, and what new roles she looks forward to singing.

The soprano spoke to OperaWire about winning the prestigious award, Beverly Sills, and her relationship with the Metropolitan ...

Ricky Ian Gordon’s “This House” premieres 5/31/25 at OTSL; Lynn Nottage & Ruby Aiyo Gerber give voice to Harlem brownstone ...

Lidia Fridman had a major breakout when she jumped into a run of Donizetti's "L’Ange de Nisida" at the Donizetti Opera ...

Last week, President Donald J. Trump threatened to shut down the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for good by gutting its funding under the new budget proposal. In response, and not for the first ...

One of the highlights, if not the highlight, of La Monnaie’s 2024–25 season must be its world premiere of Monteverdi’s new opera “I Grotteschi,” a mammoth work, lasting almost seven hours, not ...

Let us speak directly of the opera at hand, recently brought to the stage of Teatro alla Scala: “L’opera seria,” with the music of Florian Leopold Gassmann to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, ...

Simon McBurney’s German-language production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” lifts the veil between performers and audience members, making it easy to find a full-length opera (approximately three hours ...

The Royal Opera has announced its 2025-26 roster of Jette Parker Artists. The company includes soprano Hannah Edmunds; tenors Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, Giorgi Guliashvili and Emyr Lloyd Jones; ...

The Metropolitan Opera revived “Le Nozze di Figaro” for the 2024-25 season. I’ve seen this Richard Eyre production countless times and it’s always a breath of air to see how different casts can take ...

a Means of expression (Music) has been made the objective, while the End of expression (the Drama) has been made a means.’ Richard Wagner criticized the traditional opera of his times. The oft-cited ...