The Spoleto Festival Orchestra will perform during the opera “Thais.” Credit: Spoleto Festival USA. Spoleto Festival USA will present Jules Massenet’s little-known 1893 opera “Thaïs,” directed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Katherine M. Carter and mezzo soprano Lisa Chavez are working from a mostly blank slate toward the opening of Jules ...

Even the most idealistic lovers often have to overcome a few hurdles — and sometimes, they don't succeed. From the idyllic surroundings of Glimmerglass Opera, in upstate New York (a perfect place for ...

Long before Cinderella wore toe shoes in Prokofiev's ballet, waltzed in Disney's cartoon and warbled in Rodgers and Hammerstein's television musical, the maid-turned-princess went operatic. Rossini's ...

Symphony Sundays aims to share some of the greatest recent performances given by our indoor ensembles. Our first post features the Purdue Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Professor Adam Bodony, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. If Reprise Theatre Company can dust off the musty 1965 musical “Man of ...

The CIM production contains one false note. In a prologue, the young Cendrillon has an accident that leaves her disabled. The idea isn't much help in explaining the neglect and antipathy of the girl's ...

There is something to be said for opening with a major statement. For its third year in a row, Odyssey Opera has helped jump-start the fall classical season with an opera of vast proportions. First ...

A new 23-CD set explores the suave elegance of one of the most successful opera composers. Making A Case For Massenet, The Misunderstood Sentimentalist Making A Case For Massenet, The Misunderstood ...

Premiered in 1892 it’s one of opera’s greatest depictions of impossible love, Werther is based on Goethe’s epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. A sensation when it appeared in 1774 (and ...