At the age of 33 Vienna-based Valentin Schwarz designed and directed a controversial staging of Wagner's "Der Ring des ...

Carolina López Moreno, Bolivian-Albanian Soprano, born and raised in Germany, is a versatile, award-winning artist, and is ...

It’s been a busy summer for tenor Alek Shrader. He’s coming off a run of “Idomeno” as Arbace at the San Francisco Opera. He’s ...

Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston is rapidly making a name for herself in the world of classical music, especially for her ...

Federico Fiorio is a male soprano, specializing in the baroque. I first came across him on his professional debut in 2018 ...

From the title role in "Carmen," one of the most coveted mezzo roles, to Dorabella in "Cosi fan tutte," a traditional soprano ...

The curtain rose on Egyptian tombs. In the center, a rope came down and with it an archeologist. As he reached the bottom to get off the rope, he fell to the ground, the sound of his body crashing ...

This season the Paris Opera is reviving “Rigoletto” in Claus Guth’s 2016 stark production. Verdi’s work is known for its memorable arias and melodies and is perhaps one of the most difficult works for ...

Scott Joplin’s “Treemonisha” first premiered as a concert read-through in Harlem in 1910, and was not fully staged until 1972, over fifty years after the composer’s death The work, described as “an ...

Opera is not dying, nor does it need to be saved. In fact, if anything, it is undergoing a unique transformation around the world. Our main mission with OperaWire is to shine a spotlight on all the ...

Peter Gelb is criticizing the United States government for abandoning Ukraine. During a concert at the Kyiv Camerata, the Metropolitan Opera’s General Manager took the stage to reinforce the company’s ...

An egomaniac goes on an obsessive revenge tour to heal his bruised ego, in the process destroying himself and the entire community that he is supposed to lead and protect. In a way, “Moby Dick” is a ...