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.

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, ...