The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to fascist Italy of the 1930s, setting up weird geographical and chronological ...

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...

A Meriden teenager is coming home after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) six months ago, according to the Meriden Board of Education president. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal ...

It won’t whip the llama’s ass, but Opera has added a Spotify visualizer to its latest iteration of its free Opera One browser. Known as Sonic, the visualizer will be part of Opera’s Dynamic Themes, ...

Apparently, one amazing music venue just isn't enough for Hamburg, Germany. The city already boasts the Elbphilharmonie – one of the world's most notable concert halls – and now it's lining up a ...

Kacey Musgraves and Carín León brought a touch of Nashville to the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. During Thursday night’s ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the música mexicana star was joined by ...

American conductor James Gaffigan will begin his tenure with Houston Grand Opera for the 2026-2027 season. Houston’s premier opera company, Houston Grand Opera, welcomes a new creative leader in ...

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Houston Grand Opera has a new music director. Staff, cast and crew members from Puccini's "Il Trittico" and Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" were invited to gather backstage late Wednesday night for ...

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Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” might have been a one-hit wonder for its composer but it was Satchmo’s favorite opera. In the mid-1920s, Louis Armstrong would pop out of the pit at the ...