The devastation of war on civilian populations has been receiving increased coverage because of adva...
Jacques Offenbach was a prolific composer of operettas, but Tales of Hoffmann is his only opera. It ...
Today’s performance of Madama Butterfly is a revival of the Anthony Minghella production with its sp...
Join Friends of The Opera for another exciting season at The Met: Live in HD and anticipate another ...
The curtain comes up on a sparkling set, realistically reproducing a Paris salon in the 1920s. This ...
By mid-19th century, Charles Gounod was France’s most celebrated opera composer. His Faust (1859) wa...
After Un Ballo in Maschera’s successful Rome premiere, plus a quiet marriage to his long-time compan...
Carmen is one of the three most performed operas of all time – approximately 1,000 performances at t...
The details of Nabucco’s composition are legendary, and like all legends have elements of fable tuck...
The Amazon jungle is a source of mystery, with its steaming darkness and its terrifying natural forc...