Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...

OPERA America has announced the seven composers selected as recipients of the 2024 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, made possible with the generosity of the Virginia ...

Conductor Gemma New leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in performing 'What Keeps Me Awake,' by the DSO's composer-in-residence Angélica Negrón, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on ...

When Emmy-nominated composer Levi Taylor saw Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (2013), it awakened something in him. "I was like, 'wow, wait, there's somebody who looks like me who's writing diverse ...

Carrie Hennessey grew up in the Midwest, where choral singing was a cultural staple. The youngest of eight children with a mom who taught piano, Hennessey was barely out of her teens when she burst ...

Juliane Gallant will conduct Opera Saratoga’s “La Vie Parisienne.” Jarrett Porter will play Georg Nowack in Opera Saratoga’s “She Loves Me.” Mary Birnbaum, general and artistic director of Opera ...

“The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)” subverts expectations of the genre by making fun of classical composers typically featured in these concerts. The show, written by librettist Jeremy Denk ...

The Philippine Opera Company (POC), headed by its artistic director Karla Gutierrez, has officially launched the latest batch of Opera Belles, an all-female singing group that merges operatic vocals ...

Over the last 20 years, many new operas have reflected on contemporary events with engaging music, drama, and observations that have resonated strongly with audiences. One such opera is “Thumbprint,” ...