NEW YORK (AP) — No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg ...

For centuries, Orpheus has fascinated composers, from Claudio Monteverdi to Philip Glass. But of those who have turned the mythological musician’s underworld-charming lyre tunes to opera, Georg ...

Can an obscure opera from 1725 with a cast of just two, a bare-bones plot bordering on the absurd and a production using early instruments and historic performance techniques reach a contemporary ...

In its four seasons, Chicago’s Haymarket Opera Company has staked out an enviable corner of the period-performance turf and, in the process, built an avid following, eager to experience the latest ...

Pinchgut Opera performs Bach's glorious Easter Oratorio featuring young soloists Alexandra Oomens and Anna Dowsley, followed by the rarely-heard Thunder Ode of Telemann. In 1755 Lisbon was virtually ...

In this May 10, 2012 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Nicholas Pallesen is in the role of Pluto, with Catherine Miller as Thanatos at a dress rehearsal of the New York City Opera's Orpheus, ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg ...