I was mingling at a dinner party two years ago when the host introduced me to a friend I hadn’t yet met. “How do you know ...

The week before Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s birthdays, Opera Lafayette — best known under founder Ryan Brown for performances of French baroque ...

One of the busiest stage directors in Europe is fully arriving, at last, with “The Threepenny Opera” this spring.

Sarasota Opera will open Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville on Saturday, Feb. 22. One of the most beloved comic operas ...

A Victorian tale of revenge comes to life from March 12-15 at the Battery Gadsden Cultural Center on Sullivan's Island, as ...

It’s one that Sarasota audiences soon will have the pleasure of pondering. The character shows up in two operas — “The Barber ...

Opera aficionados recommend listening to clips of the opera online via YouTube, Spotify or other sites beforehand.

Head massages, it seems, are the antithesis of the New York hustle. The experience at GuiFei Spa kicks off right as you enter the basement at 136-89 37th Avenue. Amy, the vivacious owner of the ...

He is composing “The Wedding Banquet,” based on Ang Lee’s 1993 movie, to appear at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2027-28 ... a revival of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in a production ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows composer Huang Ruo, whose “The Monkey King,” will ...

This image released by the San Francisco Opera shows composer Huang Ruo, whose "The Monkey King,” will premiere at the San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14. (Wenjun Miakoda Liang/San Francisco Opera ...