When we meet the titular character in Gounod’s opera, he’s ready to end it all with a poison cocktail. Loneliness and age have gotten the better of him, and he calls out for the devil.

We're less easily shocked today. But watching Florentine Opera's new production of "Carmen," it's easy to see what startled its Parisian audience when Bizet's opera debuted in 1875. Carmen's ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two Hampton Roads staples, the Virginia Opera and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, are scrambling to try to raise thousands of dollars after federal grant funding ...

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It’s not a masterpiece, but it is, for the most part, a highly competent contemporary opera, especially in its slimmed-down form. Cleopatra (Julia Bullock) and Antony (Gerald Finley) are ...

By Zachary Woolfe “Antony and Cleopatra” played a crucial role in the history of the Metropolitan Opera. In 1966, Samuel Barber’s new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy opened the company ...

Detroit Opera's "The Central Park Five" tells the story of five minority youths wrongfully imprisoned for a crime in 1980s New York City. The opera highlights the injustices faced by the boys and ...

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Manon Fleur Antonio and the soprano Elza van den Heever in Claus Guth’s staging of “Salome” at the Metropolitan Opera; here the seven veils have become seven versions of Salome.Credit ...

She attended screenings at Cannes in 2023, contrary to the meme's claim. Kusha argues influencers have historically been sponsored for red carpets. Kusha Kapila is one of those social media ...

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