In American music, honors are always more attractive than performances. Honors mean piety, publicity, and parties; performances mean hard decisions about repertory, personnel, box office, rehearsals, ...

Tanisha Mitchell has spent years working against that perception, building a platform that treats opera not as a rarefied pursuit but as a living tradition worth sharing anywhere an audience is ...

When it comes to opera, there are many misconceptions around the art, the main ones being that you need to be an expert to enjoy it and that opera is only for the wealthy. Much like any form of art ...

“Romeo and Juliet is an opera for everyone, offering adventurous sword fights, lively dancing, stunning costumes and sets. At its heart is the thrilling exploration of young love, and how social ...

Performances in N.Y.C. David Jones has been the principal clarinetist of the Kennedy Center’s orchestra for five presidents. A cascade of cancellations means he hasn’t played there since February. The ...

Bampton Classical Opera is set to stage André Grétry's 'Beauty and the Beast' ...

For the past decade, Opera a la Cart has performed in parks and on streets around Portland. The aim is to revive interest in opera by offering more accessible performances in a former popcorn truck.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - John Christopher Adams is the executive director of Opera Mississippi. In May 2025, Adams was named the first African American director the opera has seen in its 80 year ...