It’s fairly safe to say that many of the most deeply devoted opera lovers have never experienced Giacomo Puccini’s “Edgar.” Completed when the composer was 30, it’s a quirky morality tale that hints ...

He’s performed two Minnesota Opera roles this season, including the lead role of Ferrando in “Così fan tutte.” Among his ...

Jack Furness’s unconventional staging for Welsh National Opera sees the orchestra play up a storm under Tomáš Hanus in Wagner’s legend of the man condemned to sail the oceans for eternity ...

Just as Butterfly is trapped with little agency in this opera, we as Asian Americans have been trapped by many of the ...

Just now, everything WNO does inevitably bears the mark of their Arts Council-imposed financial troubles, and this new Flying ...

From the impeccable musical direction to the small but technically astounding orchestra, Chaves’ opus is deserving of acclaim ...

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” a powerful and kaleidoscopic depiction of mass violence and its aftermath, has arrived at the ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s final work is an immersive, astonishing achievement, viscerally depicting a group of ...

The Smyrna Opera House’s Cabaret isn’t just good—it’s a minor miracle. This is their first musical in years, and instead of ...

So I shouldn’t be troubled by the way the late Kaija Saariaho turned a fictional school shooting into a work of modernist ...