At the movie studios, he met the friends who started him on the road to writing opera: Librettist Montagu Slater, and Poet Wystan Hugh Auden, who has taught Britten most of what he knows about fitting ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.

Aristocracy has always permitted itself a rather cautious association with the Arts. The tonsorial standards of elegance may be prohibitive to the abundant locks of genius. But the works of genius, ...

Seeking new audiences, Opera Philadelphia is putting in place a pay-what-you-can model, one of the first of its kind by a major opera company. By Javier C. Hernández In Philadelphia, a night at the ...

New Orleans is on the cusp of making musical history. A never-before-performed opera composed by a free man of color 138 years ago will finally stage its long-overdue world premiere Thursday, Jan. 23, ...

Opera houses are among the most impressive architectural achievements in American culture. By combining excellent acoustics with breathtaking design, these venues create settings where music and drama ...