It was a sight that would have given Genghis Khan second thoughts: a battalion of armed policemen behind barriers, amidst It was a sight that would have given Genghis Khan second thoughts: a battalion ...

Opera Naples is hosting an exclusive summer film series of classic European operas. Showings will take place on the first and third Wednesday of each month July 6 through Oct. 19, 2022, at the Wang ...

Gerard Mortier, who died of cancer on Saturday at age 70, is being widely eulogized for the incalculable role he played in the opera world in the years he headed opera companies in Brussels, Paris and ...

Joana Mallwitz is making waves in the classical music world, even during a pandemic. Her debut at the Salzburg Festival is a career highlight. Few in the classical music world are currently receiving ...

Yes, opera—or something very like the opera we remember from the pre-social distancing era that ended five months ago—is returning to Europe. Currently the art form is on display at a curtailed and ...

During World War I, a poet, a composer and a director had a common dream — and out of it came what was to become arguably the world's most prestigious arts festival ...

Opera singers Giacinta Nicotra as Timante, Demofoonte's supposed son, and Dmitry Korchak (back) as Demofoonte, King of Thrace, perform during a dress reahearsal of Niccolo Jommelli's opera "Demofoonte ...

Along with its brilliant revivals of Mozart and Richard Strauss, the Salzburg Festival likes to present new operas by contemporary composers. But again and again, the living composers sound less alive ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The world premiere of an opera composed by Gyorgy Kurtag based on Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” has been delayed a year until 2014. The Salzburg Festival said Wednesday that it will be ...