The opera's opening performance was less than 24 hours away, yet the cast sometimes hesitated with lines and fumbled stage directions. "You guys have done a crazy amount of work. It's super-impressive ...

Sure, times are bad. I myself am wondering how much the stimulus package will stimulate food onto my table. But the only way to get through tough times is to laugh. Which is why I go to the opera. You ...

Author Samuel Johnson defined opera as an exotic and irrational entertainment. But to someone charged with raising money to keep opera alive in a recession economy, it is something else again. As one ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Inspired by Elizabethan drama, this new opera considers what space, if any, ...

"It's nothing to do with loving a man," government prosecutor Mortimer screams at King Edward II at the beginning of George Benjamin's third opera, "Lessons in Love and Violence." He pays heavily for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the $92 million Ellie Caulkins Opera House debuted in September 2005 at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, reactions were mixed. While opera and ballet ...

Things really haven't changed much for music teachers during the past 300 years. Kids still cut up in class. Notes are sometimes difficult to learn. And performing music is always worthwhile — for ...