The English Civil War provides obstacles to Bellini’s lovers, but instead of amping up the drama, the additional history ...
The Met’s new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I PURITANI made its debut on New Year’s Eve, but I caught up with it at its ...
A 42-year-old soprano who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oropesa is starring with tenor Lawrence Brownlee in the Met’s ...
OXFORD – Before 92-year-old Paula Courtney Bouthiller died from injuries related to a pedestrian crash, she woke up in the hospital and sang one last time. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, the opera ...
Founding his own company, he built a tightly knit community in New York around his classes. His “Nutcracker,” set in the city ...
We should all be so limber at 85 years old. On May 28, American Ballet Theatre celebrated its 85th anniversary with a black-tie Spring Gala at Cipriani South Street in New York City. The evening, ...
A battle between brave toys and marauding mice. An elegant Waltz of the Snowflakes. The dance of the Sugarplum Fairy that's just as sweet as any holiday dessert. For many Americans, watching these ...
The Royal Opera House’s Turandot has now been running so long it feels less like a revival and more like a listed structure. You don’t attend it so much as pass through it, like a familiar corridor or ...
Theater producer Cameron Mackintosh has been bringing long runs of grand theatrical spectacles to Chicago for nearly half a century now. Delivering a big night out for regular folks remains a point of ...
Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t such a drawback. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Naples, Italy Thirty ...
Following a couple of months’ testing, Norway-based browser company Opera has finally made its AI-powered browser, Neon, available to the public — though you’ll have to shell out $19.90 per month to ...
Boston Ballet soloist Daniel R. Durrett has danced in a production of “The Nutcracker” every single year for the past two decades, with the exception of 2020. Like many ballet dancers, he started ...