Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...

Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: ...

Leaving the War Memorial Opera House earlier this month, after the West Coast premiere of Poul Ruder’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” I was left with a distinct thought: Is there where modern opera is going?

Take two UC San Diego alums, a century-old sci-fi play and an adventurous theater/music company, and what do you get? Project BLANK’s “The Robots,” a humorous and dystopian — or is it dystopian but ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When it comes to globally-renowned Italian “popera” trio Il Volo, everything old is new again. The trio’s soaring vocals and modern take on classical-crossover music is breathing new ...

For starters, a premium seat to a Portland Opera production can cost upward of $250. But a simple lack of exposure is often more forbidding. What does one wear to the opera, and how does one act once ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — A chorus of wide-eyed, white-clad youngsters stepped tentatively onstage, having spent the minutes before curtain peeking out at the audience. They took their place in small rows to one ...

Opera - from Italy to France to Russia to the New World, audiences experience war and love and betrayal and more, all grandly spilled across the stage. Opera is particularly loved in Taiwan, where ...